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Connection Type You can select “DHCP Client” or “Static IP”.
The
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP) is a protocol specifying
how a centralized server can provide network configuration information to
clients. A DHCP server “offers” a “lease” to the client system. The information
supplied includes the client's IP addresses and net mask plus the address
of its DNS servers and gateway.
Static IP indicates that all network settings are provided manually. You must
provide the IP address for the Gateway 7001 Series self-managed Access
Point, its subnet mask, the IP address of the default gateway, and the IP
address of at least one DNS nameserver.
If you select “DHCP Client”, the Gateway 7001 Series self-managed AP will
acquire its IP Address, subnet mask, and DNS and gateway information from
the DHCP Servers.
Otherwise, if you select “Static IP”, fill in the items described in “Static IP
Settings.”
IMPORTANT: If you do not have a DHCP server on the Internal network and
do not plan to use one, the first thing you must do after bringing up the AP
is change the Connection Type from DHCP to Static IP. When you change
the Connection Type to Static IP, you can either assign a new Static IP
Address to the AP or continue using the default address. We recommend
assigning a new address so that if later you bring up another Gateway 7001
Series self-managed AP on the same network, the IP addresses for the two
APs will be unique.
If you need to recover the default Static IP address, you can do so by resetting
the AP to the factory defaults as described in “Resetting the configuration”
on page 166.
Static IP Address If you chose “Static IP” as the Connection Type, these boxes will be enabled.
Type the Static IP Address in the text boxes.
Subnet Mask Type the Subnet Mask in the text boxes. You must obtain this information
from your ISP or network administrator.
Default Gateway Type the Default Gateway in the text boxes.
DNS
Nameservers
The
Domain Name Service
(DNS) is a system that resolves the descriptive
name (domainname) of a network resource (for example,
www.gatewayap.com) to its numeric IP address (66.93.138.219). A DNS
server is called a Nameserver.
There are usually two Nameservers, a Primary and a Secondary.
You can choose Dynamic or Manual mode.
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If you choose Manual, you should assign static IP addresses manually.
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If you choose Dynamic, the IP addresses for the DNS servers will be
assigned automatically through DHCP. (This option is only available if you
specified DHCP for the Connection Type.).
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