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ALTERNATE SETUP METHOD

Configuring your WAN Media Access Controller (MAC) Address

All network components including cards, adapters, and routers, have

a unique “serial number” called a MAC address� Your Internet Service

Provider may record the MAC address of your computer’s adapter

and only let that particular computer connect to the Internet service�

When you install the Router, its own MAC address will be “seen” by the

ISP and may cause the connection not to work� Belkin has provided

the ability to clone (copy) the MAC address of the computer into the

Router� This MAC address, in turn, will be seen by the ISP’s system as

the original MAC address and will allow the connection to work� If you

are not sure whether your ISP needs to see the original MAC address,

simply clone the MAC address of the computer that was originally

connected to the modem� Cloning the address will not cause any

problems with your network�

Cloning your MAC Address

To clone your MAC address, make sure that you are using the computer

that was ORIGINALLY CONNECTED to your modem before the Router

was installed� Click the “Clone” button

(1)

� Click “Apply Changes”� Your

MAC address is now cloned to the Router�

Entering a Specific MAC Address

In certain circumstances you may need a specific WAN MAC address�

You can manually enter one in the “MAC Address” page� Type a MAC

address in the spaces provided

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and click “Apply Changes” to save

the changes� The Router’s WAN MAC address will now be changed to

the MAC address you specified�

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Using your Internet browser, you can access the Router’s Web-Based Advanced User Interface� In your browser, type “192�168�2�1” (do not type in

anything else such as “http://” or “www”), then press the “Enter” key�

You will see the Router’s home page in your browser window�

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Changing LAN Settings

All settings for the internal LAN setup of the Router can be viewed and

changed here�

Viewing the LAN Settings

Clicking on the header of the “LAN Setup” tab

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will take you to its

header page� A quick description of the functions can be found here� To

view the settings or make changes to any of the LAN settings, click on

“LAN Settings”

(2)

, or to view the list of connected computers, click on

“DHCP Client List”

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IP Address

The “IP address” is the internal IP address of the Router� The default

IP address is “192�168�2�1”� To access the Web-Based Advanced User

Interface, type this IP address into the address bar of your browser�

This address can be changed if needed� To change the IP address,

type in the new IP address and click “Apply Changes”� The IP address

you choose should be a non-routable IP� Examples of a non-routable IP

are: 192�168�x�x (where x is anywhere between 0 and 255), and 10�x�x�x

(where x is anything between 0 and 255)�

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Subnet Mask

There is no need to change the subnet mask� This is a unique, advanced

feature of your Belkin Router� It is possible to change the subnet mask

if necessary; however, do

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make changes to the subnet mask

unless you have a specific reason to do so� The default setting is

“255�255�255�0”�

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DHCP Server

The DHCP server function makes setting up a network very easy by

assigning IP addresses to each computer on the network automatically�

The default setting is “On”� The DHCP server can be turned OFF if

necessary; however, in order to do so you must manually set a static

IP address for each computer on your network� To turn off the DHCP

server, select “Off” and click “Apply Changes”�

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IP Pool

The range of IP addresses set aside for dynamic assignment to the

computers on your network� The default is 2–100 (99 computers)� If you

want to change this number, you can do so by entering a new starting

and ending IP address and clicking on “Apply Changes”� The DHCP

server can assign 100 IP addresses automatically� This means that

you cannot specify an IP address pool larger than 100 computers� For

example, starting at 50 means you have to end at 150 or lower so as not

to exceed the 100-client limit� The starting IP address must be lower in

number than the ending IP address�

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Lease Time

The length of time the DHCP server will reserve the IP address for each

computer� We recommend that you leave the lease time set to “Forever”�

The default setting is “Forever”, meaning that any time a computer is

assigned an IP address by the DHCP server, the IP address will not

change for that particular computer� Setting lease times for shorter

intervals such as one day or one hour frees IP addresses after the

specified period of time� This also means that a particular computer’s

IP address may change over time� If you have set any of the other

advanced features of the Router such as DMZ or client IP filters, these

are dependent on the IP address� For this reason, you will not want the

IP address to change�

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Local Domain Name

The default setting is “Belkin”� You can set a local domain name

(network name) for your network� There is no need to change this setting

unless you have a specific advanced need to do so� You can name the

network anything you want such as “MY NETWORK”�

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Viewing the DHCP Client List Page

You can view a list of the computers (known as clients), which are

connected to your network� You are able to view the IP address

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of the

computer, the host name

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(if the computer has been assigned one),

and the MAC address

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of the computer’s network interface card (NIC)�

Pressing the “Refresh”

(4)

button will update the list� If there have been

any changes, the list will be updated�

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Configuring the Wireless Network Settings

Clicking on the header of the “Wireless” tab will take you to the

“Wireless” header page� Under the “Wireless” tab, there are links that

allow you to make changes to the wireless network settings�