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6.

When you have come to this step, you will have completed the Wi-Fi network setup using the

built-in WCN feature in Windows Vista.

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5.3.1.6 DHCP Server

You can disable or enable the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server or

enable the router’s DHCP relay functions. The DHCP protocol allows your router to

dynamically assign IP addresses to PCs on your network if they are configured to obtain IP

addresses automatically.

DHCP Server Mode: Disable

To disable the router’s DHCP Server, check

Disabled

and then click

Apply.

When the

DHCP Server is disabled, you will need to manually assign a fixed IP address to each PC on

your network, and set the default gateway for each PC to the IP address of the router (the

default is 192.168.1.254).

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DHCP Server Mode: DHCP Server

To configure the router’s DHCP Server, check

DHCP Server

. You can then configure

parameters of the DHCP Server including the IP pool (starting IP address and ending IP

address to be allocated to PCs on your network), lease time for each assigned IP address

(the period of time the IP address assigned will be valid), DNS IP address and the gateway

IP address. These details are sent to the DHCP client (i.e. your PC) when it requests an IP

address from the DHCP server. Click

Apply

to enable this function. If you check “

Use

Router as a DNS Server

”, the ADSL Router performs the domain name lookup, finds the IP

address from the outside network automatically and forwards it back to the requesting PC in

the LAN (your Local Area Network).

Fixed Host:

click Fixed Host link to enter, the following will appear. The Specifyed IP

Address will be assigned to the correspongding MAC address by DHCP.

Note:

the IP Address you want to enter can’t be within the DHCP Server range.

Click Add to add the item, and the corresponding message will be listed below.

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DHCP Server Mode: DHCP Relay

If you check

DHCP Relay

and then you must enter the IP address of the DHCP server which

assigns an IP address back to the DHCP client in the LAN. Use this function only if advised

to do so by your network administrator or ISP. Click

Apply

to enable this function.

5.3.2 WAN (Wide Area Network)

A WAN (Wide Area Network) is an outside connection to another network or the Internet.

There are two items within the

WAN

section:

WAN Profile

and

ADSL Mode.

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5.3.2.1 WAN Profile

Main Port--ADSL

PPPoE Connection (ADSL)

PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) provides access control in a manner similar to dial-up services

using PPP.

Description:

A user-definable name for this connection.

VPI/VCI:

Enter the VPI and VCI information provided by your ISP.

Encap. method:

Select the encapsulation format, the default is LLC. Select the one

provided by your ISP

Username:

Enter the username provided by your ISP. You can input up to

128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive). This is in the format of “username@ispname”

instead of simply “username”.

Password:

Enter the password provided by your ISP. You can input up to

128

alphanumeric characters (case sensitive)

Service Name:

This item is for identification purposes. If it is required, your ISP provides

you the information. Maximum input is

15

alphanumeric characters.

NAT:

The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the

Internet through a single ISP account, sharing a single IP address. If users on your LAN

have public IP addresses and can access the Internet directly, the NAT function can be

disabled.