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9.1 Configuring the router
In this section, the setup program of WRT54G , which is a router
manufactured by Linksys , will be referred to as an example of
how to configure the router for network access.
NOTE
For detailed description about how to set up the router, refer
to the manual of your router.
9.1.1 To access within the local area network
Once your router is powered up, a local area network gets cre-
ated whether or not it is connected to the Internet.
You can let the router automatically as-
sign a dynamic IP address to the com-
puters or devices connected to the net-
work by enabling the DHCP server of
the router. In this case, you can access
the digital receiver with the IP address
which is assigned to the digital receiver
by the router.
If the digital receiver reboots, a new dynamic IP address will
be assigned to it. You had better assign a static IP address to
the digital receiver to avoid this inconvenience. As to how to
assign a static IP address, refer to the manual of your router;
as to how to specify a static IP address on the digital receiver,
see §9.2.
9.1.2 To access over the Internet
When you are away from home, you can access the digital re-
ceiver inside your home if your router is configured to route
access to the digital receiver by means of port forwarding. Via
this feature, your router will lead you to the digital receiver
when you access your router with its IP address.