RX3141 User’s Manual

Chapter 5 Router Connection Setup

5 Router Connection Setup

This chapter describes how to configure the basic settings for your router so that the computers on your LAN can communicate with each other and have access to the Internet. Network setup consists of LAN and WAN configurations.

5.1LAN Configuration

5.1.1LAN IP Address

If you are using RX3141 with multiple PCs on your LAN, you must connect your LAN to the Ethernet ports on the built-in Ethernet switch. You must assign a unique IP address to each device residing on your LAN. The LAN IP address that identifies the RX3141 as a node on your network must be in the same subnet as the PCs on your LAN. The default LAN IP address for the RX3141 is 192.168.1.1.

 

 

A network node can be thought of as any interface where a

 

 

 

device connects to the network, such as the RX3141’s LAN port

 

Definition

 

and the network interface cards on your PCs. See Appendix 12 for

 

 

an explanation of subnets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can change the default IP address to reflect the true IP address that you want to use with your network.

5.1.2LAN Configuration Parameters

Table 5.1 describes the configuration parameters available for LAN IP configuration.

 

Table 5.1. LAN Configuration Parameters

 

 

SettingDescription

 

 

Host Name

For identification only.

 

 

IP Address

The LAN IP address of the RX3141. This IP address is used by your

 

computers to identify the RX3141’s LAN port. Note that the public IP address

 

assigned to you by your ISP is not your LAN IP address. The public IP

 

address identifies the WAN port on the RX3141 to the Internet.

Subnet Mask

The LAN subnet mask identifies which parts of the LAN IP Address refer to

 

your network as a whole and which parts refer specifically to nodes on the

 

network. Your device is preconfigured with a default subnet mask of

 

255.255.255.0.

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