Westell Technologies 2100 manual Edit Connection Profiles, DNS Configuration Screen

User Guide WireSpeed Dual Connect NAT Router

DHCP Configuration

This screen contains the settings which control how the ADSL router interacts with the local devices connected to the router. Westell does not recommend that you change these settings. The following settings are displayed.

	DHCP
DHCP Server	Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an Internet
	standard that allows the ADSL router to automatically assign IP
	addresses to devices connected on the LAN network. It is advised
	that this is enabled for Private LAN.
DHCP Start Address (If DHCP is	This setting specifies the start of the IP address pool that the modem
enabled)	uses to assign IP addresses to local devices.
DHCP End Address (If DHCP is	This setting specifies the end address of the IP address pool used for
enabled)	automatic configuration of local devices.
DHCP Lease (If DHCP is enabled)	This setting specifies the DHCP lease time.

DNS Configuration

The Router has a built-in DNS server. The Router has a feature called "Dynamic DNS." When an IP address is assigned, the Router will interrogate the new device for a machine name using several well-known networking protocols. Any names learned will dynamically be added to the DNS server’s table of local hosts. A static host assignment is needed only if the new device does not support any of the well-known protocols. The following settings are displayed.

	DNS Configuration Screen
Domain Name	The name of your network. This uses the internet standard for delineating
	domain names.
Static Host Assignment	This table allows the creation and maintenance of manually configured DNS
	entries.
Dynamic Host	This table shows the current list of devices that have automatically provided
Assignment	information.

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Edit Connection Profiles

This screen facilitates the changing of connection profile parameters. The following settings are displayed.

	Edit Connection Profiles
Connection Name	This field is a description of the default connection profile that the Router will
	use. Feel free to use whatever description you desire.
Account ID	Your account ID is supplied by your ISP. This text string uniquely identifies
	you with your ISP.
Account Password	The Account Password is a key phrase or text string that verifies your identity to
	the ISP.
Service Profile	The Router stores several service profiles. A service profile is a collection of
	settings for the built-in firewall and NAT. These settings control which
	applications are enabled to talk through the Router. This selection specifies
	which service profile is used when the Router is using this connection.
Manual/Auto/Always ON	These radio buttons specify how this connection profile is used. A manual
030-300198 Rev. D	102	March 2003