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NOTE
The web server and FTP server of the digital receiver don’t work in standby mode. So it must be powered up all the time if you wish to use the web service at any time.
8.1Configuring the router
In this section, the setup program of WRT54G, which is a router manufactured by Linksys, will be referred to as an exemplary to help your understanding of how to configure the router for network connection.
NOTE
For detailed description about how to set up the router, refer to the manual of your router.
8.1.1 To access within the local area network
Once your router is powered up, a local area network gets created whether or not it is connected to the Internet.
You can let the router automatically as- sign a dynamic IP address to the com- puters or devices connected to the net- work by enabling the DHCP server of the router. In this case, you can access the digital receiver with the IP address which is assigned to the digital receiver by the router.
If the digital receiver reboots, a new dynamic IP address will be assigned to it. You had better assign a static IP address to the digital receiver to avoid this inconvenience. For how to assign a static IP address, refer to the manual of your router. For how to specify a static IP address on the digital receiver, see § 8.2.
