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Advanced Setup
Gigaset WLAN Repeater/ englisch / A31008-E505-B105-1-7619 / advanced_config.fm / 08.03.2004
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In
Access point name
enter a name for your Gigaset WLAN Repeater. This makes it
easier to distinguish several devices.
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In
IP address type
specify whether the Gigaset WLAN Repeater should obtain its IP
address automatically from an external DHCP server in the network or not.
– If you want to use a static IP address for your Gigaset WLAN Repeater (factory set-
ting for the IP address is 192.168.2.254), select the option
Static
and enter the
IP address and subnet mask in the boxes underneath. Make sure that the IP
address you assign complies with the conventions for private IP addresses
described on page 31.
If you want to use several Gigaset WLAN Repeater in the same network, make
sure you assign different IP addresses to each of them. Use an address block that
is within the selected subnet but not in the address block of the addresses auto-
matically assigned by the DHCP server in your network. See also "Example of LAN
settings with two Repeaters" on page 49.
– Normally you do not have to change the option for the IP address type. If your
Gigaset WLAN Repeater nevertheless obtains its IP address automatically from a
DHCP server in your network, please select
Obtained automatically
.
If you have assigned a static IP address for your Gigaset WLAN Repeater, you can decide
whether to use the Gigaset WLAN Repeater's integrated DHCP server.
Please remember:
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If you choose for your Gigaset WLAN Repeater the option
Obtained automati-
cally
, you may no longer be able to reach your configuration program as usual
because the IP address you need to open the program via your browser is assigned
dynamically and so can change at any time. Therefore we advise you to assign a
static IP address to the Gigaset WLAN Repeater. The
Obtained automatically
option should only be used in exceptional circumstances.
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You may be able to obtain information about the currently assigned IP address
from the log of the DHCP server from which your Gigaset WLAN Repeater obtains
its IP address. To do this, you may need the MAC address of your Gigaset WLAN
Repeater, which you can find on the label on the underside of the device. Then
enter the IP address shown in the log in the browser's address line to launch the
configuration program. If you still cannot open the configuration program using
this method, you will have to reset your Gigaset WLAN Repeater to the factory set-
tings by using the reset button (see page 102). Your device will now have the old
IP address 192.168.2.254 again and the DHCP server is activated.
