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6.4 Home network ( LAN)
The cabled home network or LAN (Local Area Network) consists of the network
components in your household. Your Speedport serves as central interface for all
these components inside of your network and as a hub to the internet. If you have
several network capable devices in your household which may access the internet at
the same time, exchange data, use the same printer or access data on a central hard
drive, you can synchronize these with your Speedport.
6.4.1 Overview on the devices in the home network
Here you can administer and see the devices in the home network (Network Cable or
WLAN).
Figure 6-11 Overview of all devices of internal network (LAN/WLAN)
1. Click on
Home network (LAN)
.
2. Click on
Overall of the devices in the home network
.
3. Click in the list with
Devices with IP addresses
on the statement display, if you
want to see IP address and the MAC address of the respective network capable
device.
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4. Click on the tab
, if you want to update the list of the attached
devices.
5. The entries can be arranged in accordance with device name and type of
connection. Click on the statement
Device
or
Connection
in order to carry out the
arrangement.
Notice:
If you want to separate attached storage devices from Speedport, click on
‘Disconnect’ option at the respective storage device before you really disconnect it.
Or else data loss or malfunction may occur in your external storage device.
Manually add device
You can also add manually network capable devices in your home network. This
might be necessary if you have established access limits for your home network and
you want to add a new network capable device.
Figure 6-12 Manually add a device
1. Click on
Home network (LAN)
.
2. Click on
Overall of the devices in the home network
.
3. Click on
Manually add device
.
4. Enter the device name in the entry field
.
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5. Enter the MAC addresses of the respective network capable device in entry fields
. The MAC addresses can be found in the system or network
information of the device.
6. Once you have modifieded the settings, confirm the changes by clicking the tab
. If you do not want to save changes, click on the tab
.
Additional devices in the home network
1. Click on
Home network (LAN)
.
2. Click on
Overall of the devices in the home network
.
3. Under the statement
Additional devices
you can see connected devices to your
Speedport.
4. The entries can be arranged in accordance with type of connection or device
name. Click on the entry
Device
or
Connection
to carry out the arrangement.
Notice:
If you want to separate the connected storage media from Speedport, click
on discoonnect before physically removing it. Otherwise, loss of data or
malfunctioning may occur to your USB device.
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6.4.2 Name and address of the router
You need the IP address of your Speedport for example, in order to have access to
the user interface.
Suggestion:
For access to user interface enter the IP address of your Speedport in
the address line of your internet browser. In the default settings the IP address of
your Speedport is
192.168.1.1.
1. Click on
Home network (LAN)
.
2. Click on
Name and address of the router
, if you want to see the name, the MAC
address and the local IP settings.
Change local IPv4 address
Figure 6-13 local IPv4 address
Notice:
If you use the automatic assignment of IP (DHCP) address to your network
capable devices, it might be necessary after a change to reestablish the connection
to the home network once more.
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1. Click on
Home network (LAN).
2. Configure the following parameters:
Table 6-4 IPv4/v6 Parameters
Parameter
Description
Local IPv4 address
IPv4 address of the device in the LAN.
Subnet Mask
Subnet mask of the device in the LAN.
3. Click on
Name and address of the router
.
4. Enter the new IPv4 address in the entry field
.
5. Once you have modified the settings, confirm the changes by clicking the tab
. If you do not want to save changes, click on the tab
.
Tip:
We suggest not to change the IP address. If you decide to change the IP address,
please make a written note about that.
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