Broadband ADSL Router User Guide
Connection Details - Dynamic IP Address
If your access method is "Direct" (no login), with a Dynamic IP address, a screen like the following example will be displayed when the "Connection Details" button is clicked.
Figure 23: Connection Details - Dynamic IP Address
Data - Dynamic IP address
Internet
IP Address | The current IP Address of this device, as seen by Internet users. This |
| address is allocated by your ISP (Internet Service Provider). |
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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. |
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DHCP Server | The IP address of your ISP's DHCP Server. |
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DNS Server | The IP address of the Domain Name Server which is currently used. |
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Lease Obtained | This indicates when the current IP address was obtained, and how |
Lease Expires | long before this IP address allocation (the DCHP lease) expires. |
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Release | If an IP Address has been allocated to the |
| ISP's DHCP Server, clicking the "Release" button will break the |
| connection and release the IP Address. |
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Renew | If the ISP's DHCP Server has NOT allocated an IP Address for the |
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| establish the connection and obtain an IP Address from the ISP's |
| DHCP Server. |
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Close | Close this window. |
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