Horizons 1500WR Wireless 4-Port Router
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5.3
DHCP Setup
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131 and RFC 2132) allows individual clients to
obtain TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a server. You can configure the 1500WR Wireless Router
as a DHCP server or disable it. When configured as a server, the 1500WR Wireless Router provides
the TCP/IP configuration for the clients. If set to
None
, DHCP service will be disabled and you must
have another DHCP server on your LAN, or else the computer must be manually configured.
5.4
Factory LAN Defaults
The LAN parameters of the 1500WR Wireless Router are preset in the factory with the following val-
ues:
• IP address of 192.168.1.1 with subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 (24 bits)
• DHCP server enabled with 32 client IP addresses starting from 192.168.1.33.
IP Pool Setup
The 1500WR Wireless Router is pre-configured with a pool of 32 IP addresses starting from
192.168.1.33 to 192.168.1.64. This configuration leaves 31 IP addresses (excluding the 1500WR
Wireless Router itself) in the lower range for other server computers, for instance, servers for mail,
FTP, TFTP, web, etc., that you may have.
These parameters should work for the majority of installations. If your ISP gives you explicit DNS
server address(es), read the embedded web Web Configuration Utility help regarding what fields need
to be configured.
5.5 RIP Setup
RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC 1058 and RFC 1389) allows a router to exchange routing
information with other routers.
RIP Direction
controls the sending and receiving of RIP packets. When
set to:
1.
Both
- the 1500WR Wireless Router will broadcast its routing table periodically and incorporate the RIP
information that it receives.
2.
In Only
- the 1500WR Wireless Router will not send any RIP packets but will accept all RIP packets received.
3.
Out Only
- the 1500WR Wireless Router will send out RIP packets but will not accept any RIP packets received.
4.
None
- the 1500WR Wireless Router will not send any RIP packets and will ignore any RIP packets received.
RIP Version controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets that the 1500WR
Wireless Router sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving).
RIP-1
is universally supported; but
RIP-2
carries more information. RIP-1 is probably adequate for most networks, unless you have an
unusual network topology.
Both
RIP-2B
and
RIP-2M
send routing data in
RIP-2
format; the difference being that RIP-2B uses
subnet broadcasting while RIP-2M uses multicasting. Multicasting can reduce the load on non-router
machines since they generally do not listen to the RIP multicast address and so will not receive the
RIP packets. However, if one router uses multicasting, then all routers on your network must use multi-
casting, also.
By default, RIP Direction is set to
Both
and RIP Version to
RIP-1
.