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Suggestions on IP address numbering plan:
If you have no idea on how to define an IP address plan for your network, here are some
suggestions.
1.
A valid IP address has 4 fields: a.b.c.d, for most of home and company users, it’s
suggested to use 192.168.c.d, where c is an integer between 0 and 254, and d is an integer
between 1 and 254. This router is capable to work with up to 253 clients, so you can set ‘d’
field of IP address of router as 1 or 254 (or any number between 1 and 254), and pick a
number between 0 and 254 for field ‘c’.
2.
In most cases, you should use ‘255.255.255.0’ as subnet mask, which allows up to 253
clients (this also meets router’s capability of working with up to 253 clients).
3.
For all servers and network devices which will provide services to other people (like
Internet service, print service, and file service), they should use static IP address. Give
each of them a unique number between 1 and 253, and maintain a list, so everyone can
locate those servers easily.
4.
For computers which are not dedicated to provide specific service to others, they should
use dynamic IP address.
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2 LAN IP
You can use this setting to assign an IP address to the LAN interface of this broadband
router.
Here are descriptions of every setup item:
Item Name
Description
IP address
Please input the IP address of this broadband
router’s LAN interface.
Subnet Mask
Please input subnet mask for this network.
802.1d Spanning Tree
If you wish to activate 802.1d spanning tree
function, select ‘Enabled’ for setup item
‘802.1d Spanning Tree’, or set it to ‘Disabled’.
DHCP Server
If you want to activate DHCP server function of
this router, select ‘Enabled’, or set it to
‘Disabled’.
Lease Time
Please select the lease time for every DHCP
leases here. You can select the time period
from the dropdown list, and the DHCP client
will be forced to obtain a new IP address from
this broadband router after this period of time.
You can select ‘Forever’ if you’re using this
broadband router with only few computers
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(less than 30 computers)
Recommended Value if you don’t know what to fill:
IP Address: 192.168.1.254
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
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3 DHCP Server
You can use this setting to decide the range of IP address leases.
Here are descriptions of every setup item:
Item Name
Description
Start IP
Please input the start IP address of the IP
leases range.
End IP
Please input the end IP address of the IP leases
range.
Domain Name
If you wish, you can also input the domain
name for your network. This is optional.
DNS1 address
Input the IP address of DNS server provided by
your ISP here. This field is REQUIRED.
DNS2 address
Input another IP address of DNS server
provided by your ISP here. This field is optional
and you can leave it blank.
Recommended Value if you don’t know what to fill:
Lease Time: Two Weeks (or ‘Forever’, if you have less than 20 computers)
Start IP: 192.168.1.1
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NOTE:
1. The number of the last field (mentioned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must be greater
than ‘Start IP’, and can not the same with router’s IP address.
2. The former three fields of IP address of ‘Start IP’, ‘End IP’, and ‘IP Address
of ‘LAN IP’ section (mentioned ‘a’, ‘b’, and ‘c’ field) should be the same.
19216811.live