LevelOne Broadband VPN Gateway User Guide
Connection Details - Fixed/Dynamic IP Address
If your access method is "Direct" (no login), a screen like the following example will be displayed when the "Connection Details" button is clicked.
Figure 27: Connection Details - Fixed/Dynamic IP Address
Data - Fixed/Dynamic IP address Screen
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| Physical Address | The hardware address of this device, as seen by remote devices on |
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| the Internet. (This is different to the hardware address seen by |
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| devices on the local LAN.) |
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| IP Address | The IP Address of this device, as seen by Internet users. This address |
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| is allocated by your ISP (Internet Service Provider). |
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| Network Mask | The Network Mask associated with the IP Address above. |
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| Default Gateway | The IP Address of the remote Gateway or Router associated with the |
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| IP Address above. |
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| DNS IP Address | The IP Address of the Domain Name Server which is currently used. |
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| DHCP Client | This will show "Enabled" or "Disabled", depending on whether or |
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| not this device is functioning as a DHCP client. |
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| If "Enabled" the "Remaining lease time" field indicates when the IP |
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| Address allocated by the DHCP Server will expire. The lease is |
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| automatically renewed on expiry; use the "Renew" button if you wish |
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| to manually renew the lease immediately. |
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| Buttons |
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| Release/Renew | This button is only useful if the IP address shown above is allocated |
| Button will display | automatically on connection. (Dynamic IP address). If you have a |
| Fixed (Static) IP address, this button has no effect. | |
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| • If the ISP's DHCP Server has NOT allocated an IP Address for | |
| "Release" | |
| OR | the LevelOne Broadband VPN Gateway, this button will say |
| "Renew" | "Renew". Clicking the "Renew" button will attempt to re- |
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| establish the connection and obtain an IP Address from the ISP's |
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