Configuring Multi Home Lan Ips - NETGEAR ProSafe DGFV338 Reference Manual

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Figure 7-2
To reserve an IP address:
1. Select Network Configuration from the main menu and LAN Groups from the submenu.
THe Groups and Hosts screen will display.
2. From the IP Address Type pull-down menu, select Reserve as the address type.
3. Fill in the remaining fields in the Add Known PCs and Devices table and click Add. The
Reserved IP address will be added to your Known PCs and Devices table (see the Groups and
Hosts Entry screen (see
Note: The reserved address will not be assigned until the next time the PC contacts the
firewall's DHCP server. Reboot the PC or access its IP configuration and force a
DHCP release and renew.

Configuring Multi Home LAN IPs

If you have computers on your LAN using different IP address ranges (for example, 172.16.2.0 or
10.0.0.0), then you can add "aliases" to the LAN port thereby giving computers on those networks
access to the Internet. This allows the firewall to act as a gateway to additional logical subnets on
your LAN. You can assign the firewall an IP address on each additional logical subnet
• The Available Secondary LAN IPs table lists the secondary LAN IP addresses added to the
router.
• The IP Address is the "alias" added to the LAN port of the router. This will be the gateway for
computers that need to access the Internet.
• The Subnet Mask is the IPv4 Subnet Mask.
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"Managing Groups and Hosts" on page
v1.0, April 2007
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LAN Configuration