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To configure the LAN groupings:

1. Select the Advanced Me

Advanced Me

Advanced Me

Advanced Menu

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2.

Select LAN > LAN Configuration

LAN > LAN Configuration

LAN > LAN Configuration

LAN > LAN Configuration.

3.

Select USB

USB

USB

USB in LAN group 1

LAN group 1

LAN group 1

LAN group 1 and then click < Remove

< Remove

< Remove

< Remove. No packets will be sent to the

USB interface because it does not belong to any LAN group.

4.

Select USB

USB

USB

USB from Interfaces

Interfaces

Interfaces

Interfaces and then click Add >

Add >

Add >

Add > under LAN group 2

LAN group 2

LAN group 2

LAN group 2. Just like in

LAN

group

1,

Configure

Configure

Configure

Configure

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in

LAN

group

2

LAN

group

2

LAN

group

2

LAN group 2 to allow the definition of

additional configurations.

5. To temporarily activate the settings, click Apply

Apply

Apply

Apply.

6. To make changes permanent, click Save Settings

Save Settings

Save Settings

Save Settings.

Note:

Note:

Note:

Note:

You can configure the USB interface to a different LAN group except for the Ethernet interface,

which cannot be moved from LAN group 1.

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LAN Group Configuration

LAN Group Configuration allows you to configure settings for each LAN group. Notice that

you can also view the status of advanced services that can be applied to a LAN group.

Green indicates that the service is enabled, while red indicates that the service is

disabled.

LAN Group Configuration

LAN Group Configuration

LAN Group Configuration

LAN Group Configuration

Category

Category

Category

Category

Field

Field

Field

Field

Description

Description

Description

Description

Unmanaged

Unmanaged is a state when the LAN group is not

configured and no IP address has been assigned to the

bridge.

Obtain an IP address

automatically

When this function is enabled, your router acts like a

client and requests an IP address from the DHCP server

on the LAN side.

IP Address

You can retrieve/renew an IP address from the DHCP

server using the Release and Renew buttons.

Netmask

The subnet mask of your router.

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PPP IP Address

Enables/disables PPP unnumbered feature.

IP Address

The IP address should be different but within the same

subnet as the WAN-side IP address.

Use the following Static IP

address

This field enables you to change the IP address of the

router.

IP Address

The default IP address of the router (as shown) is

192.168.1.1.

Netmask

The default subnet mask of your router is 255.255.255.0.

This subnet allows the router to support 254 users. If you

want to support a larger number of users you can

change the subnet mask.

Default Gateway

The default gateway is the routing device used to

forward all traffic that is not addressed to a station

within the local subnet. Your ISP provides you with the

IP address of the default gateway.

Host Name

The host name is used in conjunction with the domain

name to uniquely identify the router. It can be any

alphanumeric word that does not contain spaces.

Domain

The domain name is used in conjunction with the host

name to uniquely identify the router. To access the web

pages of the router you can type 192.168.1.1 (the IP

address) or mygateway1.ar7 (Host Name.Domain).

Enable DHCP Server

Enables/disables DHCP. By default, your router has the

DHCP server (LAN side) enabled. If you already have a

DHCP server running on your network, you must disable

one of the two DHCP servers.

Assign ISP DNS,

SNTP

Enable/disables the Assign ISP DNS, SNTP feature when

the DHCP server of your router has been enabled. To

learn more, please refer to

Assign ISP DNS, SNTP

.

Start IP

The Start IP Address is where the DHCP server starts

issuing IP addresses. This value must be greater than the

IP address value of the router. For example, if the IP

address of the router is 192.168.1.1 (default), then the

starting IP address must be 192.168.1.2 (or higher).

Note:

Note:

Note:

Note: If you change the start or end values, make sure

the values are still within the same subnet as the router.

In other words, if the IP address of the router is

192.168.1.1 (default) and you change the DHCP

start/end IP addresses to be

192.168.1.2/192.168.1.100, you cannot communicate

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with the router if your host has DHCP enabled.

End IP

The End IP Address is where the DHCP server stops

issuing IP addresses. The ending address cannot exceed

a subnet limit of 254; hence the max value for the

default gateway is 192.168.1.254. If the DHCP server

runs out of DHCP addresses, users do not get access to

network resources. If this happens, you can increase the

Ending IP address (to the limit of 254) or reduce the

lease time.

Note:

Note:

Note:

Note: If you change the start or end values, make sure

the values are still within the same subnet as the IP

address of the router. In other words, if the IP address of

the router is 192.168.1.1 (default) and you change the

DHCP start/end IP addresses to be

192.168.1.2/192.168.1.100, you cannot communicate

with the router if your host has DHCP enabled.

Lease Time

The Lease Time is the amount of time that a network

user is allowed to maintain a network connection to the

router using the current dynamic IP address. At the end

of the Lease Time, the lease is either renewed or the

DHCP server issues a new IP. The amount of time is in

units of seconds. The default value is 3600 seconds (1

hour). The maximum value is 999999 seconds

(About 278 hours).

Enable DHCP Relay

In addition to the DHCP server feature, the router

supports the DHCP relay function. When the router is

configured as DHCP server, it assigns the IP addresses to

the LAN clients. When the gateway is configured as

DHCP relay, it is responsible for forwarding the requests

and responses negotiated between the DHCP clients and

the server.

Relay IP

The IP address of the DHCP relay server.

Server and Relay Off

When the DHCP server and relay functions are turned

off, the network administrator must carefully configure

the IP address, Subnet Mask, and DNS settings of every

host on your network. Do not assign the same IP address

to more than one host. Also, your router must reside on

the same subnet as all the other hosts.

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Assign ISP DNS, SNTP

When you enable the DHCP server, the router dynamically assigns IP addresses to

computers in the local network. The router provides its own LAN IP address (192.168.1.1)

as both the gateway and the DNS server.

The router has a choice of advertising its own IP address (192.168.1.1) as the DNS server

or providing the DNS that was received from the WAN. This can be configured by

enabling/disabling Assign ISP DNS SNTP

Assign ISP DNS SNTP

Assign ISP DNS SNTP

Assign ISP DNS SNTP on the LAN Group Configuration

LAN Group Configuration

LAN Group Configuration

LAN Group Configuration page.

Note:

Note:

Note:

Note:

ISP DNS, SNTP only applies when the DHCP server is enabled on the LAN Group Configuration

page.

LAN Clients

LAN Clients allows you to view and add computers in a LAN group. Each computer either

has a dynamic or static (manually-configured) IP address.

You can add a static IP address (belonging to the router’s LAN subnet) using the LAN

Clients page. Any existing static entry falling within the DHCP server's range can be

deleted.

LAN

LAN

LAN

LAN Clients

Clients

Clients

Clients