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Figure 4-19

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Note:

After completing any setup, the new setup must be saved and the Router must be restarted for

the configuration to go into effect. Please click the

Save/Reboot

button to restart as shown in

Figure 4-20.

Figure 4-20

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Note:

All of the above setup is under windows XP OS.

4.3.2 LAN

Choose “

Advanced Setup

→

LAN

” menu, and you can see and configure the Local Area

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Network (LAN) parameters in the screen as shown in Figure 4-21.

Figure 4-21

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IP Address -

Enter an IP address for the Router. Then you can access the Web-based

Utility via this IP address. The default setting is 192.168.1.1.

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Subnet Mask -

An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use

255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask.

)

Note:

a.

If you change the IP Address of LAN, you must use the new IP Address to log in the

Router.

b.

If the new LAN IP Address you set is not in the same subnet, the IP Address pool of the

DHCP server will change accordingly at the same time

，

while the Virtual Server and DMZ

Host will not take effect until they are re-configured.

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Disable/Enable DHCP Server -

Disable

or

Enable

the DHCP server. DHCP stands for

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. The DHCP Server will automatically assign dynamic

IP addresses to the computers on the network. If you disable the Server, you must have

another DHCP server within your network or else you must configure the computer

manually. The following options are available only when DHCP Server is enabled.

z

Start IP Address -

Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when

assigning IP addresses. 192.168.1.100 is the default start address

z

End IP Address -

Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when

assigning IP addresses. 192.168.1.199 is the default end address.

z

Leased Time (hour) -

The

Lease Time

is the amount of time a network user will be

allowed connection to the Router with their current dynamic IP address. Enter the

amount of time, in hours, and the user will be "leased" this dynamic IP address. After

the time is up, the user will be automatically assigned a new dynamic IP address. The

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default value is 24 hours.

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Set Address Reservation -

Click this button, you can view and add a reserved address for

clients via the

Address Reservation

page as shown in Figure 4-21. When you specify a

reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address

each time when it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned

to servers that require permanent IP settings.

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Configure the second IP Address and Subnet Mask for LAN interface -

Check this box,

and you can configure a second IP address and subnet mask for the LAN interface.

¾

Save -

Clicking this button only saves the LAN configuration data.

¾

Save/Reboot -

Clicking this button not only saves the LAN configuration data but also

reboots the Router to make the new configuration take effect.

To Reserve an IP address

：

1.

Click the

Set Address Reservation

button shown in Figure 4-21 to enter the screen

as shown in Figure 4-22.

Figure 4-22

2.

Click the

New Entry

button in Figure 4-22. Then Figure 4-23 will pop up.

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Figure 4-23

3.

Enter the MAC address in XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX format and reserved IP address in

dotted-decimal notation of the computer for which you want to reserve an IP address.

)

Note:

The MAC Address and IP Address added in

Figure 4-23 are

used for illustrating. They

may be different to your circs.

4.

Select

Enable

from the

State

drop-down list.

5.

Click the

Save

button, then you will go back to the

Address Reservation

screen and

see the new entry as shown in Figure 4-22.

6.

Click

Save/Reboot

button to save the settings and reboot the Router.

)

Note:

The function won't take effect until the router reboots.

4.3.3 MAC Clone

Choose “

Advanced Setup

→

MAC Clone

” menu, you can configure the MAC address of the

WAN on the screen as shown in Figure 4-24.

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Figure 4-24

Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely

needed here.

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WAN MAC Address -

This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port. If

your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address

into this field in XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX format (X is any hexadecimal digit).

¾

Your PC's MAC Address -

This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is

managing the Router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the

Clone MAC

Address

button and this MAC address will be filled in the

WAN MAC Address

field.

Click

Restore Factory MAC

to restore the MAC address of WAN port to the factory default

value.

Click the

Save/Reboot

button to save your settings.

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Note:

1.

Only the PC on your LAN can use the

MAC Address Clone

function.

2.

Your configuration won't take effect unless the ADSL Router is rebooted.

3.

MAC Clone can't be used with port mirror. If they are set both, the Router will be down.

4.3.4 Security

Choose “

Advanced Setup

→

Security

” menu, you can do some security configurations for your

Router. There are two submenus under the Security menu as shown in Figure 4-25.

Figure 4-25