Hawking HWRN2 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Wired LAN Configuration

Before all computers using wired Ethernet connection (i.e. those

computers connected to this router’s LAN port 1 to 4 by Ethernet cable)

can communicate with each other and access internet, they must have a

valid IP address.

There are two ways to assign IP addresses to computers: static IP address

(set the IP address for every computer manually), and dynamic IP address

(IP address of computers will be assigned by router automatically. It’s

recommended for most computers to use dynamic IP address, it will save

a lot of time on setting IP addresses for every computer, especially when

there are a lot of computers in your network; for servers and network

devices which will provide services to other computers and users that

come from the Internet, a static IP address should be used.

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.

If you do not understand the descriptions listed above, don’t

worry! We will provide recommended setup values below.

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Please follow the following instructions to set wired LAN parameters:

Please click ‘Local Network’ tab at the top of web management interface,

there are three setup groups here: ‘LAN IP’, ‘DHCP Server’, and ‘Static

DHCP Leases Table’. Here are setup instructions for each of them:

2-6-1 LAN IP section:

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

IP address (1):

Please input the IP address of this router.

Subnet Mask (2):

Please input subnet mask for this network.

802.1d

If you wish to activate 802.1d spanning tree

Spanning Tree (3):

function, select ‘Enabled’ for setup item ‘802.1d Spanning

Tree’, or set it to ‘Disabled’

DHCP Server (4):

If you want to activate DHCP server function of this router,

select ‘Enabled’, or set it to ‘Disabled’.

Recommended Value if you don’t know what to fill:

IP Address: 192.168.1.254

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

802.1d Spanning Tree: Disabled

DHCP Server: Enabled

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2-6-2 DHCP Server:

These settings are only available when ‘DHCP Server’ in ‘LAN IP’

section is ‘Enabled’, and here are descriptions of every setup item:

Lease Time (1):

Please choose a lease time (the duration that every computer

can keep a specific IP address) of every IP address assigned

by this router from dropdown menu.

Start IP (2):

Please input the start IP address of the IP range.

End IP (3):

Please input the end IP address of the IP range.

Domain Name (4):

If you wish, you can also optionally input the domain name

for your network. This is optional.

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: 192.168.1.100

End IP: 192.168.1.200

Domain Name: (leave it blank)

NOTE:

1. The number of the last field (mentioned ‘d’ field) of ‘End IP’ must be

greater than ‘Start IP’, and can not be the same as 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.

3. These settings will affect wireless clients too.

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2-6-3 Static DHCP Leases Table:

This function allows you to assign a static IP address to a specific

computer forever, so you don’t have to set the IP address for a

computer, and still enjoy the benefit of using DHCP server. A

maximum of 16 static IP addresses can be assigned here.

(If you set ‘Lease Time’ to ‘forever’ in ‘DHCP Server’ section, you can

also assign an IP address to a specific computer permanently, however,

you will not be able to assign a certain IP address to a specific

computer, since IP addresses will be assigned in random order by this

way).

Here are descriptions of every setup item:

Enable Static

Check this box to enable this function,

DHCP Leases (1):

otherwise uncheck it to disable this function.

MAC Address (2):

Input the MAC address of the computer or network device

(total 12 characters, with characters from 0 to 9, and

from a to f, like ‘001122aabbcc’)

IP address (3):

Input the IP address you want to assign to this computer

or network device

‘Add’ (4):

After you inputted MAC address and IP address pair, click

this button to add the pair to static DHCP leases table.

If you want to remove all characters you just entered, click ‘Clear’.

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After you clicked ‘Add’, the MAC address and IP address mapping

will be added to ‘Static DHCP Leases Table’ section.

If you want to delete a specific item, please check the ‘Select’ box of a

MAC address and IP address mapping (1), then click ‘Delete Selected’

button (2); if you want to delete all mappings, click ‘Delete All’ (3). If

you want to deselect all mappings, click ‘Reset (4).

After you finish all LAN settings, please click ‘Apply’ button on the

bottom of this page. After you click ‘Apply’, the following message will

be displayed on your web browser:

Please click ‘Continue’ to go back to previous setup menu; to continue on

router setup, or click ‘Apply’ to reboot the router so the settings will take

effect (Please wait for about 30 seconds while router is rebooting).

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