RangeMax™ Wireless-N Gigabit Router with USB WNR3500L User Manual

Table 1-1. Basic Settings screen fields (continued)

Settings

 

Description

 

 

 

Internet IP Address

Get Dynamically from ISP. Your ISP automatically assigns

 

 

these addresses.

 

 

Use Static IP Address. Enter the IP address that your ISP

 

 

assigned. Also enter the IP subnet mask and the gateway IP

 

 

address. The gateway is the ISP’s gateway to which your

 

 

wireless router will connect.

 

 

Domain Name Server (DNS) Address

The DNS server is used to look up site addresses based on

 

 

their names.

 

 

Get Automatically from ISP. Your ISP automatically

 

 

assigns this address.

 

 

Use These DNS Servers. If you know that your ISP does

 

 

not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the wireless

 

 

router during login, select this option, and enter the IP

 

 

address of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary

 

 

DNS server address is available, enter it also.

 

 

 

This field

Router MAC Address

The Ethernet MAC address that will be used by the wireless

appears if no

 

router on the Internet port. Some ISPs register the Ethernet

login is required

 

MAC address of the network interface card in your computer

or the Internet

 

when your account is first opened. They will then accept traffic

Service Provider

 

only from the MAC address of that computer. This feature

is not defined as

 

allows your wireless router to masquerade as that computer

“Other.”

 

by “cloning” its MAC address.

 

 

Use Default Address. Use the default MAC address.

 

 

Use Computer MAC Address. The wireless router will

 

 

capture and use the MAC address of the computer that you

 

 

are now using. You must be using the one computer that is

 

 

allowed by the ISP.

 

 

Use This MAC Address. Enter the MAC address that you

 

 

want to use.

 

 

 

Configuring Your Internet Connection

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v1.0, November 2009

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