SMC Networks SMC7204BRA manual Configuring the LAN Ports

Configuring the LAN Ports

masks must be the same). See IP Addresses, Network Masks, and Subnets for an explanation of IP addresses and network masks.

If you change the LAN IP address, you may need to update the DHCP configuration so that the addresses that the DHCP server dynamically assigns to your computers are on the same subnet as the new LAN IP address.

See Configuring Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol on page 43 for instructions on changing the pool of dynamically assigned addresses.

•Enabling DHCP:

If you choose to have the LAN port be a DHCP client

of an internal or external server, the [LAN Network Mask] field will be dimmed and made unavailable for entry. The [LAN IP Address] field will remain editable, however. The address that you specify here will be used as a request to the DHCP server. This is referred to as a Configured IP Address in the program. If the configured IP address

is not available from the DHCP server, then the system will accept another assigned address. Even after another number is assigned, the same configured IP address will continue to display in this field.

3.Click [Submit].

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If you changed the LAN IP address while working from a PC that is connected to the device via Ethernet, then your connection will be terminated.

If you enabled the DHCP service, the ADSL Barricade will initiate a request for an IP address from your LAN's DHCP server. If a different IP address is assigned than the one that

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