| to manually renew the lease immediately. | |
Buttons |
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Release/Renew | This button is only useful if the IP address shown above is allocated | |
Button will display | automatically on connection. (Dynamic IP address). If you have a | |
Fixed (Static) IP address, this button has no effect. | ||
EITHER | ||
• If the ISP's DHCP Server has NOT allocated an IP Address for | ||
"Release" | ||
OR | the | |
"Renew" | "Renew" button will attempt to | |
| obtain an IP Address from the ISP's DHCP Server. | |
| • If an IP Address has been allocated to the | |
| the ISP's DHCP Server), this button will say "Release". Clicking | |
| the "Release" button will break the connection and release the IP | |
| Address. | |
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Refresh | Update the data shown on screen. | |
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Connection Details - Fixed/Dynamic IP Address
If your access method is "Direct" (no login), a screen like the following example will be displayed when the "Connection Details" button is clicked.
Figure 26: Connection Details - Fixed/Dynamic IP Address
Data - Fixed/Dynamic IP address Screen
Internet
Physical Address | The hardware address of this device, as seen by remote devices on |
| the Internet. (This is different to the hardware address seen by |
| devices on the local LAN.) |
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IP Address | The IP Address of this device, as seen by Internet users. This address |
| is allocated by your ISP (Internet Service Provider). |
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Network Mask | The Network Mask associated with the IP Address above. |
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Default Gateway | The IP Address of the remote Gateway or Router associated with the |
| IP Address above. |
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