N150 Wireless Router User Manual
Table 1. Wireless Router Status Fields (Continued)
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| MAC Address | The Media Access Control address. This is the unique physical |
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| 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 |
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| no address is shown, or is 0.0.0.0, the router cannot connect to the |
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| Internet. |
| DHCP | If set to None, the router is configured to use a fixed IP address on |
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| the WAN. If set to DHCP Client, the router is configured to obtain an |
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| IP address dynamically from the ISP. |
| IP Subnet Mask | The IP subnet mask being used by the Internet (WAN) port of the |
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| router. For an explanation of subnet masks and subnet addressing, |
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| click the link to the online document TCP/IP Networking Basics in |
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| Appendix B. |
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| Domain Name Server | The Domain Name Server addresses being used by the router. A |
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| Domain Name Server translates |
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| www.netgear.com into IP addresses. |
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LAN Port. The following settings apply to the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router. | ||
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| MAC Address | The Media Access Control address. This is the unique physical |
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| address being used by the LAN port of the router. |
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| IP Address | The IP address being used by the Ethernet (LAN) port of the router. |
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| The default is 192.168.1.1. |
| DHCP | Identifies whether the router’s |
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| IP Subnet Mask | The IP subnet mask being used by the Ethernet (LAN) port of the |
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| router. The default is 255.255.255.0. |
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