If your access method is "Direct" (no login), with a Dynamic IP address, a screen like the following example will be displayed when the "Connection Details" button is clicked.
Figure 43: Connection Details - Fixed/Dynamic IP AddressData - Dynamic IP addressInternet
IP Address | The current IP Address of this device, as seen by Internet |
| users. This address is allocated by your ISP (Internet Service |
| Provider). |
Network Mask | The Network Mask associated with the IP Address above. |
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Default Gateway | The IP address of the remote Gateway or Router associated |
| with the IP Address above. |
DHCP Server | The IP address of your ISP's DHCP Server. |
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DNS Server | The IP address of the Domain Name Server which is currently |
| used. |
Lease Obtained | This indicates when the current IP address was obtained, and |
Lease Expires | how long before this IP address allocation (the DCHP lease) |
| expires. |
Buttons |
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Release | If an IP Address has been allocated to the |
| the ISP's DHCP Server, clicking the "Release" button will |
| break the connection and release the IP Address. |
Renew | If the ISP's DHCP Server has NOT allocated an IP Address for |
| the |
| |
| ISP's DHCP Server. |
Close | Close this window. |
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