PROLiNK Hurricane 9200/S, User Manual

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Chapter 2 . Quick Start
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In some cases, you may want to assign Internet information to
some or all of your PCs directly (often called “statically”), rather than
allowing the Hurricane 9200/S to assign it. This option may be
desirable—but not required—if:
You have obtained one or more public IP addresses that
you want to always associate with specific computers (for
example, if you are using a computer as a public web
server).
You maintain different subnets on your LAN (subnets are
described in Appendix A).
Before you begin, be sure to have the following information on
hand. Contact your ISP if necessary:
The IP address and subnet mask to be assigned to each
PC.
The IP address of the default gateway for your LAN. In
most cases, this is the address assigned to the LAN
interface on the Hurricane 9200/S. By default, the LAN
interface is assigned this IP address: 192.168.1.1 . (You
can change this number, or another number can be
assigned by your ISP. See Chapter 4 for more information.)
The IP address of your ISP’s Domain Name System (DNS)
server.
On each PC, follow the instructions on pages 20 through 24 relating
only to checking for and/or installing the IP protocol. Once it is
installed, continue to follow the instructions for displaying Internet
Protocol (TCP/IP) properties. Instead of enabling dynamic
assignment of the IP addresses for the computer, DNS server, and
default gateway, click the radio buttons that enable you to enter the
information manually.
Note
Your PCs must have IP addresses that place them in the same
subnet as the Hurricane 9200/S’s LAN interface. If the IP addresses
you manually assign to your LAN PCs are in a different subnet than
the LAN interface, follow the instructions in Chapter 4 to change the
LAN interface IP address as needed.