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Basic Menu Options

The Basic Menu lets you:

•

Configure the basic settings of your Cable Modem/Router

•

Configure DHCP server for the LAN

•

Configure DDNS service

•

Backup and restore of configuration settings

Setup

The Setup page allows you to configure the basic features of the Cable Modem/Router

related to your ISP’s connection.

To access the Setup page, click

Basic

in the menu bar and then click the

Setup

submenu. Figure 10 shows an example of the menu and Table 5. Setup Menu Option

describes the items you can set.

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Figure 10. Example of Setup Page

Table 5. Setup Menu Option

Option

Description

LAN IPv6

Address

LAN IPv6 address will appear here when connected to IPv6 service.

LAN IPv4

Address

Set the base LAN IP for your private network. By default this is

192.168.0.1

There is normally no need to change this.

WAN IPv6

Address

WAN IPv6 address will appear here when connected to IPv6

service.

WAN IPv4

Address

WAN IPv4 address will appear here when connected to IPv4

service.

Release and

Renew WAN

Lease button

Click on Release WAN Lease button to release WAN address. Click

on Renew WAN Lease button to renew WAN address.

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WAN

Connection

Type

Select how your Cable Modem/Router obtains an IP address. The

options are via DHCP or manual configuration of a static IP address.

Unless you have arranged for a static IP address from your service

provider, you should leave this setting at its default, DHCP.

IPv4 MTU Size

By default is set to 0 which uses the default setting. Allows you to

select between 600 to 1500.

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DHCP

The DHCP page allows you to configure your Cable Modem/Router’s DHCP server.

To access the

DHCP

page:

1

Click

Basic

in the menu bar.

2

Then click the

DHCP

submenu.

Figure 11 shows an example of the menu and Table 6 describes the items you can

select.

Figure 11. Example of DHCP Page

In the unusual event that you have a separate DHCP server on your LAN, you can

disable the Cable Modem/Router’s DHCP server by selecting the No radio button. If you

do this, make sure the IP address assigned to the Cable Modem/Router is on the same

subnet as that of the external DHCP server, or you won’t be able to access the Cable

Modem/Router from the LAN. The base LAN IP address of the Cable Modem/Router can

be set from the Basic Setup page.

Note that the Cable Modem/Router will only operate on a class C subnet, with subnet

mask 255.255.255.0

You may also want to disable the DHCP server if you have assigned static IP addresses

to all devices on your network.

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Table 6. DHCP Menu Options

Option

Description

DHCP Server

Select Yes to use internal DHCP server of the Cable Modem/Router,

or select No to disable it.

Starting Local

Address

Configure the starting IP address for IP leases available to devices

on the LAN.

Number of

CPEs

Configure the number of PCs supported on the LAN.

Lease Time

Configure the time a lease will last before it must be renewed.

Default is 86400 seconds, or 1 day.

DHCPv6

The DHCPv6 page allows you to configure an internal DHCPv6 server for your network.

To access the

DHCPv6

page:

1

Click

Basic

in the menu bar.

2

Then click the

DHCPv6

submenu.

Figure 12. Example of DHCPv6 Page shows an example of the menu and Table 7

DHCPv6 Menu Option describes the items you can select.

Figure 12. Example of DHCPv6 Page

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