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This page provides you the general settings for LAN.
Click LAN to open the LAN settings page and choose General Setup.
IP Address
Subnet Mask
DHCP Server
Configuration
DNS Server
Configuration
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Type in private IP address for connecting to a local private network
(Default: 192.168.1.1).
Type in an address code that determines the size of the network.
(Default: 255.255.255.0/ 24)
DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. The
modem by factory default acts a DHCP server for your network
so it automatically dispatch related IP settings to any local user
configured as a DHCP client. It is highly recommended that you
leave the modem enabled as a DHCP server if you do not have a
DHCP server for your network.
If you want to use another DHCP server in the network other than
the Vigor Modem's, you can let Relay Agent help you to redirect
the DHCP request to the specified location.
Enable Server - Let the modem assign IP address to every host in
the LAN.
Disable Server – Let you manually assign IP address to every host
in the LAN.
Start IP Address - Enter a value of the IP address pool for the
DHCP server to start with when issuing IP addresses. If the 1st IP
address of your modem is 192.168.1.1, the starting IP address must
be 192.168.1.2 or greater, but smaller than 192.168.1.254.
IP Pool Counts - Enter the maximum number of PCs that you
want the DHCP server to assign IP addresses to. The default is 50
and the maximum is 253.
Gateway IP Address - Enter a value of the gateway IP address for
the DHCP server. The value is usually as same as the 1st IP address
of the modem, which means the modem is the default gateway.
DNS stands for Domain Name System. Every Internet host must
have a unique IP address, also they may have a human-friendly,
easy to remember name such as www.yahoo.com. The DNS
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