IP Address
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FRITZ!Box Fon 5124 – 7 Network Settings
7.2 IP Address
The FRITZ!Box Fon is delivered with an IP address preset.
The IP address and the corresponding subnet mask automat-
ically yield the following values:
You can change the preset IP address.
When Does It Make Sense to Change the IP
Address?
You should change the IP address of the FRITZ!Box Fon if the
following apply to your network:
z
You have an existing local IP network, one subnet with
several computers.
z
Fixed IP addresses are registered in the network set-
tings of the computer, and you do not want to or are not
permitted to change these addresses.
z
You want to connect the FRITZ!Box Fon to the subnet in
order to make the FRITZ!Box Fon features available to all
of the computers in the subnet.
Factory Settings
All computers are located in the same IP
network
enabled
IP address
192.168.178.1
Subnet mask
255.255.255.0
DHCP Server
enabled
Network address of the subnet
192.168.178.0
Entire IP address pool for the
computers
192.168.178.2 - 192.168.178.253