Operation and Status
Data - SingTel RAS Screen
Internet
RAS Plan | The RAS Plan which is currently used. | |
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Physical Ad- | The hardware address of this device, as seen by remote de- | |
dress | vices on the Internet. (This is different to the hardware address | |
| seen by devices on the local LAN.) | |
IP Address | The 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. | |
DNS IP Address | The IP Address of the Domain Name Server which is currently | |
| used. | |
DHCP Client | This will show "Enabled" or "Disabled", depending on whether | |
| or not this device is functioning as a DHCP client. | |
| If "Enabled" the "Remaining lease time" field indicates when | |
| the IP Address allocated by the DHCP Server will expire. The | |
| lease is automatically renewed on expiry; use the "Renew" | |
| button if you wish to manually renew the lease immediately. | |
Buttons |
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Release/Renew | This button is only useful if the IP address shown above is | |
Button will | allocated automatically on connection. (Dynamic IP address). If | |
you have a Fixed (Static) IP address, this button has no effect. | ||
display EITHER | ||
∙ If the ISP's DHCP Server has NOT allocated an IP Address | ||
"Release" | ||
for | ||
OR | ||
"Renew" button will attempt to | ||
"Renew" | ||
and obtain an IP Address from the ISP's DHCP Server. | ||
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| ∙ If an IP Address has been allocated to | |
| ISP's DHCP Server), this button will say "Release". Clicking | |
| the "Release" button will break the connection and release | |
| the IP Address. | |
Refresh | Update the data shown on screen. | |
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