Chapter 3
Advanced Configuration
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Wireless-G Broadband Router with 2 Phone Ports
Internet addresses or URLs. Enter the IP address of the DNS
server, which is provided by your service provider. If you
wish to use a different DNS server, enter its IP address in
one of these fields. You can enter up to three DNS server IP
addresses here. The Router will use these for quicker access
to functioning DNS servers. By default, the Router uses
192.168.15.1
for DNS.
Network Setup
The Network Setup section changes the settings on the
network connected to the Router’s Ethernet ports. Wireless
setup is performed through the Wireless tab.
Router IP
This presents both the Router’s Local IP Address and
Subnet Mask as seen by your network.
Router IP
DHCP Server Setting
The settings allow you to configure the Router’s Dynamic
Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server function. The
Router can be used as a DHCP server for your network. A
DHCP server automatically assigns an IP address to each
computer on your network. If you choose to enable the
Router’s DHCP server option, make sure there is no other
DHCP server on your network.
DHCP Server Setting
DHCP Server
DHCP is enabled by factory default. If you
already have a DHCP server on your network, or you don’t
want a DHCP server, then select
Disabled
(no other DHCP
features will be available).
DHCP Reservation
Click this button if you want to assign
a fixed local IP address to a MAC address.
DHCP Reservation
You will see a list of DHCP clients with the following
information: Client Name, Interface, IP Address, and
MAC Address.
DHCP Reservation
Select Clients from DHCP Table
•
Click the
Select
check box to reserve a client’s IP address. Then click
Add Clients
.
Manually Adding Client
•
To manually assign an IP
address, enter the client’s name in the
Enter Client
Name
field. Enter the IP address you want it to have in
the
Assign IP Address
field. Enter its MAC address in the
To This MAC Address
field. Then click
Add
.
Clients Already Reserved
A list of DHCP clients and their fixed local IP addresses
will be displayed at the bottom of the screen. If you
want to remove a client from this list, click
Remove
.
Click
Save Settings
to apply your changes, or click
Cancel Changes
to cancel your changes. To view the
most up-to-date information, click
Refresh
. To exit this
screen, click
Close
.
DNS Proxy
The DNS proxy relays DNS requests to the
current public network DNS server for the proxy, and
it replies as a DNS resolver to the client device on the
network. To enable the DNS Proxy feature, select
Enabled
.
To disable the DNS Proxy feature, keep the default,
Disabled
.
Starting IP Address
Enter a value for the DHCP server
to start with when issuing IP addresses. Because the
Router’s default IP address is 192.168.15.1, the Starting
IP Address must be 192.168.15.2 or greater, but smaller
than 192.168.15.253. The default Starting IP Address is
192.168.15.100
.
Maximum DHCP Users
Enter the maximum number of
computers that you want the DHCP server to assign IP
addresses to. This number cannot be greater than 253.
The default is
50
.
IP Address Range
Displayed here is the range of available
IP addresses.
Client Lease Time
The Client Lease Time is the amount
of time a network user will be allowed connection to the