Motorola simplefi manual Appendix D, Configuring Ip Address, Information

APPENDIX D CONFIGURING IP ADDRESS

INFORMATION

Configuring IP Address Information

The installation procedure described in Section 3 assumes default network settings for IP addresses. Default network settings are suffi- cient for most installations. The installation procedure is designed so that you do not need to know anything about wireless networking to install these products successfully.

However, if you have an existing wireless network, or a more com- plex network, read this appendix for information on configuring IP addresses.

AutoIP, DHCP, and Static IP Addresses

simplefi supports the following methods to get an IP address:

•DHCP

•AutoIP

•Manually configure a static IP address

When you install a simplefi and a Wireless USB Network Adapter with default values, simplefi and the Wireless USB Network Adapter attempt to get IP addresses from a DHCP server.

If a DHCP server is available on your wireless network, simplefi and your Wireless USB Network Adapter get IP address information from the DHCP server. IP addresses for simplefi and the Wireless USB Network Adapter are determined by the DHCP server.

If a DHCP server is not available, simplefi and your Wireless USB Network Adapter get IP address information using AutoIP. AutoIP allots IP addresses in the 169.254.x.x range (subnet mask 255.255.0.0). (AutoIP is the most common method to get IP address- es in home networks.)

Under some circumstances, if the PC and simplefi use AutoIP or DHCP, the wireless adapter on the PC may be assigned a different IP address on different days. If this occurs, your PC will no longer be able to communicate with simplefi.

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