DSL-500G ADSL Router User’s Guide
Change LAN IP Settings
The LAN IP address identifies the LAN port
You can change the default LAN IP address and Net Mask to suit the IP address arrangement you want to set up for your LAN. Click the LAN hyperlink view the LAN Configuration menu. This menu can also be accessed from the Routing or Bridging folders.
Figure 7. LAN Configuration
To change the Router Ethernet IP address, click the Refresh button and type in the new settings as described below.
System Mode | ||
| Choose the source the Router uses to obtain its own IP settings for | |
| operation on the Ethernet LAN. By default the Router’s IP settings are | |
| set to Manual. | |
Get LAN IP Address | You may select External DHCP to use a DHCP server from outside the | |
LAN. An external DHCP server will send DHCP settings through the | ||
| WAN port. The external DHCP server may be part of the ISP’s network. | |
| The remaining alternative, Internal DHCP Server is used to obtain IP | |
| settings from a DHCP server within the Ethernet LAN. The IP settings | |
| will sent through the LAN port. | |
| The IP address your computers use to identify the device’s LAN port. | |
| Note that the public IP address assigned to you by your ISP is not your | |
LAN IP Address | LAN IP address. The public IP address identifies the WAN (ADSL) port | |
on your Router to the Internet. | ||
| Type in the IP address for the Ethernet LAN interface. | |
| Default = 10.1.1.1 | |
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| The LAN Network mask identifies which parts of the LAN IP Address | |
| refer to your network as a whole and which parts refer specifically to | |
LAN Network Mask | nodes on the network. | |
Type in the Subnet Mask for the Ethernet LAN IP interface. | ||
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| Default = 255.0.0.0 |
Click the Submit button to save the settings in temporary memory. If you are changing the IP address you will need to login again to access the web manager. If you are getting IP settings from DHCP, the new IP settings will be applied after you submit, commit and reboot. You must Commit & Reboot the device to save your changes to permanent memory.
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