WebSTAR DPR2320 and EPR2320 Gateway Cable Modems User’s Guide
Setup Basic Settings – Network Configuration Page Description
The following table provides a description of the fields within the Setup Basic
Settings – Network Configuration page.
Field Name | Description |
LAN IP | The base IP address of the private home LAN and the |
Address | WebWizard IP address. Your gateway cable modem assigns |
| private IP addresses to your attached computers by its internal |
| dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server |
MAC | The MAC address for the WAN. The factory assigned MAC |
Address | address for the WAN is also referred to as the WLAN Data |
| MAC address unless a spoofed MAC address is used. (See |
| Spoofed MAC Address later in this table) |
WAN IP | The public IP address assigned to your cable modem by your |
Address | ISP. The WAN will be assigned a public IP address by your |
| cable service provider. The WAN IP address will be shared by |
| all the PCs in your private local area network to access the |
| Internet |
Duration | The length of time your WAN IP address is valid. This length |
| of time renews when this duration expires |
Expires | The date and time your WAN IP address expires |
Host Name | Some ISPs require this information for authentication and will |
| supply it to you |
Domain | Some ISPs require this information for authentication and will |
Name | supply it to you |
Static IP | Some ISPs require this information for authentication and will |
Address | supply it to you |
| When setting a static IP address, you must enter the IP |
| address, subnet mask, and default gateway before the static |
| IP address will become operational |
Static IP | Some ISPs require this information for authentication and will |
Mask | supply it to you |
Default | Some ISPs require this information for authentication and will |
Gateway | supply it to you |
Primary DNS | Some ISPs require this information for authentication and will |
| supply it to you |
Secondary | Some ISPs require this information for authentication and will |
DNS | supply it to you |
Spoofed | Some ISPs require the MAC address of the network interface |
MAC | card (NIC) in your computer for authentication. When installing |
Address | the gateway cable modem, you can enter your computer MAC |
| address here to allow you to connect to your ISP. If a Spoofed |
| MAC address is used, the gateway will use the Spoofed MAC |
| address to obtain the public WAN IP address in place of using |
| the WLAN Data MAC address assigned at the factory |
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