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4-6 LAN Interface Settings

Choose

Network Settings > LAN

Interface Settings

and the LAN Interface Settings page

appears.

In this page, you can configure the parameters of the LAN port. You can modify the IP

address of the LAN port according to the actual network environment.

The following table describes parameters and buttons in this page:

Item

Description

IP Address

Set the IP address that a LAN user uses to access the router. The

default IP is 192.168.2.1. You can change it if necessary.

IP Subnet Mask

Subnet mask of the LAN port. You can enter a different subnet

mask according to the actual network status.

RIP Direction

The mode in which the router sends and receives RIP packets. If it

is set to Both or Out Only, the router periodically broadcasts its

routing table. If it is set to Both or In Only, the router integrates

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the received routing tables.

RIP Version

The format of the RIP packets and broadcast mode that the router

sends them. RIP-1 is universally supported. Routing data sent by

using RIP-2B or RIP-2M is in RIP-2 format. RIP-2B uses subnet

broadcast and RIP-2M uses multicast.

Use Router as DHCP

Server

If it is selected, the router serves as the DHCP server and

automatically assigns IP addresses for all connected computers.

Starting IP Address

The first address in a consecutive IP address pool.

Ending IP Address

The last address in a consecutive IP address pool.

DHCP Lease Time

(1 – 160 hours)

After the DHCP lease time elapsed, the router automatically

assigns new IP addresses for all connected computers.

Address Reservation

If an IP address is reserved for the network card of a PC in a

LAN, the network card obtains the same IP address every time the

network card accesses the DHCP server.

Add

Click the button to add an entry in the Address Reservation page

that is displayed.

Edit

Select an entry of reserved address and click the button to modify

the IP address, MAC address or device name in the Address

Reservation page that is displayed.

Delete

Select an entry of reserved address and click the button to delete

it.

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Click the

Add

button in the LAN Interface Settings page, and the

Address Reservation

page

is as follows:

The following table describes parameters and buttons in this page:

Item

Description

Address Reservation

Table

Displays entries of reserved addresses. You can select the

information of the local computer, or enter the IP address, MAC

address and device name of a computer, then click Add to add an

entry to the Address Reservation Table.

IP Address

Enter the IP address to be reserved. It must be within the IP

address pool.

MAC Address

Enter the MAC address of a computer whose IP address is to be

reserved.

Device Name

Enter the device name of a computer whose IP address is to be

reserved.

Add

Click the button to add the entry to the Address Reservation

Table.

Cancel

Click the button to cancel the entry just set.

Refresh

Click the button to refresh the page.

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After the settings are done, click

Add

to add an entry to the

Address Reservation Table

.

Note: 1) If your IP address is changed, you must use the new IP address to

log in to the Web configuration page of the router and the default gateway

of all hosts in the LAN must be set to the new IP address for Internet

access.

2) The subnet mask of all hosts in the LAN must be consistent with the

subnet mask specified in the LAN Interface Settings page.

4-7 WAN Interface Settings

Choose

Network Settings > WAN Interface Settings

and the WAN Interface Settings

page appears.

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The router supports 3 modes of WAN connection, including Dynamic IP (DHCP), Static IP

(Fixed) or PPPoE. In this page, you can select the appropriate WAN connection and

configure the relevant parameters according to the actual requirements.

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Dynamic IP (DHCP)

If you select static IP (DHCP), the router automatically obtains IP address, subnet mask

and IP address of the gateway from the ISP. Select this connection mode if the ISP does

not provide any IP network parameters. See the following figure: