Prestige 650R-31/33 ADSL Router

The Domain Name entry is what is propagated to the DHCP clients on the LAN. If you leave this blank, the domain name obtained by DHCP from the ISP is used. While you must enter the host name (System Name) on each individual computer, the domain name can be assigned from the Prestige via DHCP.

2.11.1 Procedure To Configure Menu 1

Step 1. Enter 1 in the Main Menu to open Menu 1 – General Setup (shown next).

Menu 1 - General Setup

System Name= ?

Location=

Contact Person's Name=

Route IP= Yes

Bridge= No

Press ENTER to Confirm or ESC to Cancel:

Figure 2-11 Menu 1 – General Setup

Step 2. Fill in the required fields. Refer to the table shown next for more information about these fields.

Table 2-4 General Setup Menu Fields

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLE

 

 

 

System Name

Choose a descriptive name for identification purposes. This name can

Prestige

 

be up to 30 alphanumeric characters long. Spaces are not allowed, but

 

 

dashes “-” and underscores "_" are accepted.

 

Location (optional)

Enter the geographic location (up to 31 characters) of your Prestige.

MyHouse

 

 

 

Contact Person's

Enter the name (up to 30 characters) of the person in charge of this

JohnDoe

Name (optional)

Prestige.

 

Route IP

Set this field to Yes to enable or No to disable IP routing. You must

Yes

 

enable IP routing for Internet access.

 

Bridge

Turn on/off bridging for protocols not supported (for example, SNA) or

No

 

not turned on in the previous Route IP field. Select Yes to turn bridging

 

 

on; select No to turn bridging off.

 

2.12 LAN Setup

This section describes how to configure the Ethernet using Menu 3 – LAN Setup. From the main menu, enter 3 to display menu 3. Settings configured in Menu 3 – LAN Setup apply to the LAN side of the router only.

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