Motorola VT2442 manual WAN Setup for a Static IP Address Cable Modem, Field or Button, Description

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Configuration: Basic Advanced TCP/IP Wireless

PPPoE Connection Setup fields and buttons (continued)

Field or Button	Description
Connect	Establishes the DSL connection.
Disconnect	Ends the DSL connection. If you disconnect your DSL connection, your VoIP service cannot work.

WAN Setup for a Static IP Address (Cable Modem)

Options	We recommend leaving the following selected:
	•	NAT — Enables Network Address Translation
	•	Firewall — Enables the VT2442 firewall

Type the following in dotted-decimal format as assigned by your cable provider:

IP Address	The static IP address
Mask	The subnet mask
Gateway	The gateway IP address

Default Gateway The default gateway IP address

DNS 1, 2, and 3 One to three domain name server IP addresses

Optional fields and buttons are:

Override MAC If your cable or DSL provider associates a particular service to a specific device, such as your computer, select this field and type that MAC address in the MAC field to use as a “virtual” WAN MAC address instead of the VT2442 MAC address. By default, the MAC address printed on the VT2442 is displayed in this field.

Restore Restores the actual VT2442 MAC address.

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