3.5 Network
Use this menu to configure the network to connect the device and the clients.
3.5.1 Network
This section provides the menu of connecting the device through Ethernet cable.
| MAC Address | Display the Ethernet MAC address of the device. Note that user cannot |
| change it. |
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| Obtain an IP | DHCP: Stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Enable this |
| address | checked box when a DHCP server is installed on the network to issue IP |
| automatically | address assignment. With this setting, the IP address is assigned |
| (DHCP) | automatically. If this device cannot get an IP address within limited tries, the |
| device will assign a default IP address, 192.168.0.20, by itself as the default |
| IP address. |
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| IP address, | If you do not select Obtain an IP address automatically, then you need to |
| Subnet mask, | enter these network parameters by yourself. |
| Gateway, 1st DNS, |
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| 2nd DNS server |
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IP Address | This address is a unique numbers that identifies a computer or device on |
| the WAN or LAN. These numbers are usually shown in groups separated by |
| periods, for example: 192.168.0.200 |
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Subnet Mask | Subnets allow network traffic between hosts to be separated based on the |
| network's configuration. In IP networking, traffic takes the form of packets. |
| IP subnets advance network security and performance to some level by |
| organizing hosts into logical groups. Subnet masks contain four bytes and |
| usually appear in the same "dotted decimal" data. For example, a very |
| common subnet mask in its binary demonstration 11111111 11111111 |
| 36 |