--Manual indicates that you will be assigning a static IP address, which you can enter in the fields below.
--External DHCP Server indicates that your ISP will be assigning an IP address from their own DHCP servers, dynamically each time you log on.
--Internal DHCP Server indicates that you have a DHCP server device on your network that will assign an address to the port.
If you choose either the internal or external server option, the LAN interface is called a
DHCP client of the server.
Note that the public IP address assigned to you by your ISP is not your LAN IP address. The public IP address identifies the WAN (ADSL) port on your ADSL/Ethernet router to the Internet. Or, in bridge configurations, it may be assigned to a PC.
zSpeed/Duplex: Speed indicates the speed of the Ethernet communication between the ADSL/Ethernet router and the LAN PCs or hub. Duplex indicates the type of Ethernet communication (i.e., full duplex, or
zLAN IP Address and Network Mask: The IP address and network mask for the port.
zIGMP: Indicates whether this interface is enabled with the Internet Group Management Protocol. When enabled, the ADSL/Ethernet router collects and consolidates requests from the LAN PCs to receive IGMP messages from external computers. The interface also forwards IGMP messages it receives on its WAN interface to the appropriate hosts. The WAN interface must also be enabled for the IGMP protocol.
zMTU: The Maximum Transmission Unit specifies the size in bytes of the largest Ethernet packet that the interface will accept. Packets larger than this size will be dropped.
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