Settings for Dynamic IP Address connections:
Dynamic IP | Description |
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IP Address | Enter the IP address based on the information provided to you by your |
| ISP. |
Subnet Mask | Enter the Subnet Mask based on the information provided to you by |
| your ISP. |
ISP Gateway | Enter the Default Gateway based on the information provided to you |
Address | by your ISP. |
MAC Address | This field will instruct the user to enter the Media Access Control |
| (MAC) address of the Ethernet Card of your computer, if instructed to |
| do so by your ISP. To quickly accomplish this, click the Duplicate |
| MAC address from the customer end button, which will |
| automatically copy the MAC address of your Ethernet card and enter it |
| into the space provided, which will replace the MAC address of the |
| router. |
Primary DNS | This entry is for the IP address of your primary domain name server, |
Address | which should also be provided to you by your ISP. The router will first |
| try the Primary DNS Address to resolve a website’s URL IP address. |
| If this IP address fails, the router will then try the Secondary DNS |
| Address. |
Secondary DNS | The IP address of the secondary domain name server will be used to |
Address | resolve a website’s URL IP address if the Primary DNS Address fails. |
| The information in this field should also be provided by your ISP. |
MTU | This field refers to the Maximum Transfer Unit, which is the maximum |
| size of a packet, in bytes, that will be accepted by the router. The |
| default setting is 1500 bytes. This field should not be altered unless |
| instructed by your ISP. |
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