N150 Wireless Router User Manual

Table 1. Wireless Router Status Fields (Continued)

Field

Description

 

MAC Address

The Media Access Control address. This is the unique physical

 

 

address being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router.

 

IP Address

The IP address being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the router. If

 

 

no address is shown, or is 0.0.0.0, the router cannot connect to the

 

 

Internet.

 

DHCP

If set to None, the router is configured to use a fixed IP address on

 

 

the WAN. If set to DHCP Client, the router is configured to obtain an

 

 

IP address dynamically from the ISP.

 

IP Subnet Mask

The IP subnet mask being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the

 

 

router. For an explanation of subnet masks and subnet addressing,

 

 

click the link to the online document TCP/IP Networking Basics in

 

 

Appendix B.

 

 

 

 

Domain Name Server

The Domain Name Server addresses being used by the router. A

 

 

Domain Name Server translates human-language URLs such as

 

 

www.netgear.com into IP addresses.

 

 

 

LAN Port. The following settings apply to the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router.

 

 

 

 

MAC Address

The Media Access Control address. This is the unique physical

 

 

address being used by the LAN port of the router.

 

 

 

 

IP Address

The IP address being used by the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router.

 

 

The default is 192.168.1.1.

 

DHCP

Identifies whether the router’s built-in DHCP server is active for the

 

 

LAN-attached devices.

 

 

 

 

IP Subnet Mask

The IP subnet mask being used by the Ethernet (LAN) port of the

 

 

router. The default is 255.255.255.0.

 

 

 

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