5. IP Address
Displays IP address acquired by specific interface
6. Sort
Sorts table rows and changes interface priority, the highest interface has highest priority
6.2.2
Common configuration
Common configuration allows you to configure your TCP/IP settings for the wan network.
You can switch between the Static, DHCP or PPPoE protocol by selecting the protocol that you want to use and
then pressing
Switch Protocol
6.2.2.1
General Setup
6.2.2.1.1
Static:
This is the configuration setup for when you select the static protocol.
Filed name
Sample
Explanation
1. IPv4 address
192.168.99.162 Your routers address on the WAN network
2. IPv4 netmask
255.255.255.0
A mask used to define how “large” the WAN network is
3. IPv4 gateway
192.168.99.254 Address where the router will send all the outgoing traffic
4. IPv4 broadcast
192.168.99.255 Broadcast address (autogenerated if not set). It is best to leave this
blank unless you know what you are doing.
5. custom DNS servers
8.8.8.8 8.8.6.6
Usually the gateway has some predefined DNS servers. As such the
router, when it needs to resolve a hostname (“www.google.com”,
“www.cnn.com”, etc…) to an IP address, it will forward all the DNS
requests to the gateway. By entering custom DNS servers the router
will take care of host name resolution. You can enter multiple DNS
servers to provide redundancy in case the one of the server fails.
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