Configuring the Advanced Settings

ìIn IP address type, specify whether the Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108 should obtain its IP address automatically from an external DHCP server in the network or not.

–If you want to use a static IP address for your Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108 (factory setting for the IP address is 192.168.2.254), select the Static option and enter the IP address and subnet mask in the fields underneath. Make sure that the IP address you assign complies with the conventions for private IP addresses described on page 100.

If you want to use several Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108 in the same network, make sure you assign different IP addresses to each of them. Use an address block that is within the selected subnet but not in the address block of the addresses auto- matically assigned by the DHCP server in your network. See also "Example of LAN settings with two repeaters" on page 28.

–Normally you do not have to change the option for the IP address type. However, if your Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108 should obtain its IP address automatically from a DHCP server in your network, please select the Obtained automatically option.

Please note:

You may be able to obtain information about the currently assigned IP address from the logbook of the DHCP server from which your Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108 obtains its IP address. To do this, you may need the MAC address of your Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108, which you can find on the label on the underside of the device. Then enter the IP address shown in the logbook in the browser's address line to launch the configuration program. If you still cannot open the configuration program using this method, you will have to reset your Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108 to the factory settings by using the reset button (see page 11). Your device will now have the old IP address 192.168.2.254 again and the DHCP server is activated.

If you have assigned a static IP address for your Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108, you can decide whether to use the Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108's integrated DHCP server.

Depending on the configuration of your network, it may be better to deactivate the Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108's integrated DHCP server.

ìTo do this, select Off for the DHCP Server. However, this is only necessary, if

–another DHCP server is already being used in your network,

–you are using more than one Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108 in the same network. In this case, please switch off the DHCP server on all other repeaters. Make sure you change the IP addresses of the other Gigaset WLAN Repeater 108 (follow the example on page 28),

–the IP addresses in your network are static, i.e. you have manually assigned a static IP address to every network component.

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