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This option is primary to enable this product to work properly. The setting items and the web

appearance depend on the WAN type. Choose correct WAN type before you start.

1.

LAN IP Address

:

the local IP address of this device. The computers on your network must use the

LAN IP address of your product as their Default Gateway. You can change it if necessary.

2.

WAN Type

: WAN connection type of your ISP. You can click

Change

button to choose a correct

one from the following four options:

.

Static IP Address: ISP assigns you a static IP address.

.

Dynamic IP Address: Obtain an IP address from ISP automatically.

.

Dynamic IP Address with Road Runner Session Management.(e.g. Telstra BigPond)

.

PPP over Ethernet: Some ISPs require the use of PPPoE to connect to their services.

.

PPTP: Some ISPs require the use of PPTP to connect to their services.

4.4.1.1 Static IP Address

WAN IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway, Primary and Secondary DNS: enter the proper setting

provided by your ISP.

4.4.1.2 Dynamic IP Address

1.

Host Name: optional. Required by some ISPs, for example, @Home.

2.

Renew IP Forever: this feature enables this product to renew your IP address automatically when

the lease time is expiring-- even when the system is idle.

4.4.1.3 Dynamic IP Address with Road Runner Session Management.(e.g. Telstra BigPond)

1.

LAN IP Address is the IP address of this product. It must be the default gateway of your

computers.

2. WAN Type is Dynamic IP Address. If the WAN type is not correct, change it!

3. Host Name: optional. Required by some ISPs, e.g. @Home.

4. Renew IP Forever: this feature enable this product renew IP address automatically when the

lease time is being expired even the system is in idle state.

4.4.1.4 PPP over Ethernet

1.

PPPoE Account and Password: the account and password your ISP assigned to you. For security,

this field appears blank. If you don't want to change the password, leave it empty.

2.

PPPoE Service Name: optional. Input the service name if your ISP requires it. Otherwise, leave

it blank.

3.

Maximum Idle Time: the amount of time of inactivity before disconnecting your PPPoE session.

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Set it to zero or enable Auto-reconnect to disable this feature.

4.

Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU)

: Most ISP offers MTU value to users. The most

common

MTU value is 1492.

4.4.1.5 PPTP

1. My IP Address and My Subnet Mask: the private IP address and subnet mask your ISP assigned

to you.

2.

Server IP Address: the IP address of the PPTP server.

3. PPTP Account and Password: the account and password your ISP assigned to you. If you don't

want to change the password, keep it empty.

3. Connection ID: optional. Input the connection ID if your ISP requires it.

4. Maximum Idle Time: the time of no activity to disconnect your PPTP session. Set it to zero or

enable Auto-reconnect to disable this feature. If Auto-reconnect is enabled, this product will

automatically connect to ISP after system is restarted or connection is dropped.

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4.4.1.7 Virtual Computers

Virtual Computer enables you to use the original NAT feature, and allows you to setup the one-to-one

mapping of multiple global IP address and local IP address.

•

Global IP: Enter the global IP address assigned by your ISP.

•

Local IP: Enter the local IP address of your LAN PC corresponding to the global IP address.

•

Enable: Check this item to enable the Virtual Computer feature.

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4.4.2 DHCP Server

Press

“

More>>

”

The settings of a TCP/IP environment include host IP, Subnet Mask, Gateway, and DNS configurations.

It is not easy to manually configure all the computers and devices in your network. Fortunately, DHCP

Server provides a rather simple approach to handle all these settings. This product supports the

function of DHCP server. If you enable this product

’

s DHCP server and configure your computers as

“

automatic IP allocation

”

mode, then when your computer is powered on, it will automatically load the

proper TCP/IP settings from this product. The settings of DHCP server include the following items:

1.

DHCP Server

: Choose

“

Disable

”

or

“

Enable.

”

2.

Lease Time:

this feature allows you to configure IP

’

s lease time (DHCP client).

3.

IP pool starting Address/ IP pool starting Address

: Whenever there is a request, the DHCP

server will automatically allocate an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the

requesting computer. You must specify the starting and ending address of the IP address pool.

4.

Domain Name

: Optional, this information will be passed to the client.

5.

Primary DNS/Secondary DNS

: This feature allows you to assign DNS Servers

6.

Primary WINS/Secondary WINS

: This feature allows you to assign WINS Servers

7.

Gateway

: The Gateway Address would be the IP address of an alternate Gateway.

This function enables you to assign another gateway to your PC, when DHCP server offers an

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IP to your PC.

4.4.4 Change Password

You can change Password here. We

strongly

recommend you to change the system password for

security reason.