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Administrator Guide
Ethernet (Wired) Settings - 94
Connection Type You can select DHCP or Static IP.
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that specifies how a
centralized server can provide network configuration information to devices on the
network. A DHCP server offers a lease to the client. The information supplied
includes the IP addresses and netmask 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 Professional Access Point, its subnet mask, the IP address of
the default gateway, and the IP address of at least one DNS name server.
If you select DHCP, the Professional Access Point will acquire its IP Address, subnet
mask, and DNS and gateway information from the DHCP Servers.
If you select Static IP, fill in the Static IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Default Gateway
fields.
Caution: 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 access point 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 access point or
continue using the default address.
USRobotics recommends assigning a new
address so that if later you bring up another Professional Access Point 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
access point to the factory defaults as described in “Reset Configuration” on
page 171.
Static IP Address Enter the static IP address in the text boxes.
This field is enabled only if you selected Static IP as the connection type.
Subnet Mask Enter the Subnet Mask in the text boxes. You must obtain this information from your
ISP or network administrator.
This field is enabled only if you selected Static IP as the connection type.
Default Gateway Enter the Default Gateway in the text boxes.
This field is enabled only if you selected Static IP as the connection type.
DNS Nameservers The Domain Name Service (DNS) is a system that resolves the descriptive name
(domainname) of a network resource (for example,
www.usr.com
) to its numeric
IP address (for example,
66.93.138.219
). A DNS server is called a Nameserver.
There are usually two Nameservers; a Primary Nameserver and a Secondary
Nameserver.
You can choose Dynamic or Manual mode.
• If you choose Manual, assign static IP addresses for the DNS servers manually.
• If you choose Dynamic, the IP addresses for the DNS servers will be assigned
automatically via DHCP. This option is only available if you specified DHCP for the
Connection Type.
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