NETGEAR RangeMax™ NEXT Wireless Router WNR834B User Manual
•RIP Direction
RIP allows a router to exchange routing information with other routers. The RIP Direction selection controls how the router sends and receives RIP packets. Both is the default.
—When set to Both or Out Only, the router broadcasts its routing table periodically.
—When set to Both or In Only, the router incorporates the RIP information that it receives.
—When set to None, the router does not send any RIP packets and ignores any RIP packets received.
•RIP Version
This controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets sent by the router. (It recognizes both formats when receiving.) The default setting is
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Note: If you change the LAN IP address of the router while connected through the 
browser, you will be disconnected. You must then open a new connection to the
new IP address and log in again.
Using the Router as a DHCP server
By default, the router functions as a DHCP server, allowing it to assign IP, DNS server, and default gateway addresses to all computers connected to the router's LAN. The assigned default gateway address is the LAN address of the router. The router assigns IP addresses to the attached computers from a pool of addresses specified in this menu. Each pool address is tested before it is assigned to avoid duplicate addresses on the LAN.
For most applications, the default DHCP and TCP/IP settings of the router are satisfactory. See “Internet Networking and TCP/IP Addressing” in Appendix B for an explanation of DHCP and information about how to assign IP addresses for your network.
Specify the pool of IP addresses to be assigned by setting the Starting IP Address and Ending IP Address. These addresses should be part of the same IP address subnet as the router’s LAN IP address. Using the default addressing scheme, you should define a range between 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.254, although you may wish to save part of the range for devices with fixed addresses.
The router delivers the following parameters to any LAN device that requests DHCP:
•An IP Address from the range you have defined
Customizing Your Network Settings |
