CHAPTER 4 Configure the

Network Interfaces

Configure Your External Network

When you configure the external network, you establish how the SOHO 6 communicates with your ISP. This configuration depends upon how your ISP distributes network addresses–using DHCP or PPPoE.

Network addressing

Each networked computer must have an IP address to identify itself to other computers. IP address assignments are either dynamic or static. With a dynamic IP address, your ISP assigns each computer a different address each time it connects to the server. When you power down the computer, you release that IP address allowing it to be reassigned. A static IP address is assigned to your computer at all times whether or not you are currently using it. No other computer on the network shares that address.

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