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RangeMax Wireless Router WPN824v3 User Manual
Connecting to the Internet 1-7
v1.0, January 2008
Table 1-1. Basic Settings
Settings Description
Does Your ISP Require a Login? •Yes
•No
These fields appear
only if no login is
required.
Account Name Enter the account name provided by your ISP. This might also
be called the host name.
Domain Name
(If Required)
Enter the domain name provided by your ISP.
These fields appear
only if your ISP
requires a login.
Internet Service
Provider
• PPPoE
•PPTP
• Telstra Bigpond
Login The login name provided by your ISP. This is often an e-mail
address.
Service Name (If
Required)
If your ISP provided a service name, enter it here. Otherwise
leave this field blank.
Idle Timeout (In
Minutes)
If you want to change the login time-out, enter a new value in
minutes. This determines how long the wireless router keeps
the Internet connection active after there is no Internet activity
from the LAN. Entering an Idle Timeout value of zero means
never log out.
Internet IP Address • Get Dynamically from ISP. Your ISP uses DHCP to assign
your IP address. Your ISP automatically assigns these
addresses.
• Use Static IP Address. Enter the IP address that your ISP
assigned. Also enter the IP subnet mask and the gateway IP
address. The gateway is the ISP’s wireless router to which
your wireless router will connect.
Domain Name Server (DNS) Address The DNS server is used to look up site addresses based on
their names.
• Get Dynamically from ISP. Your ISP uses DHCP to assign
your DNS servers automatically.
• Use Static IP Address. If you know that your ISP does not
automatically transmit DNS addresses to the wireless router
during login, select this option, and enter the IP address of
your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server
address is available, enter it also.