Prestige 782R G.SHDSL Router

Chapter 3

Internet Access

This chapter shows how to configure the LAN and WAN for Internet access.

3.1Ethernet Factory Defaults

The Ethernet parameters of the Prestige are preset in the factory with the following values:

1.IP address of 192.168.1.1 with subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 (24 bits).

2.DHCP server enabled with 32 client IP addresses starting from 192.168.1.33.

These parameters should work for most installations. If the parameters are satisfactory, you can skip to the TCP/IP Ethernet Setup and DHCP Section 3.3 to type the DNS server address(es) if your ISP gives you explicit DNS server address(es). To change the factory defaults or to learn more about TCP/IP, please read on.

3.2TCP/IP and DHCP Ethernet Setup: DHCP

3.2.1 DHCP Setup

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) allows the individual clients (computers) to obtain the TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a centralized DHCP server. The Prestige has built-in DHCP server capability, enabled by default, which means it can assign IP addresses, an IP default gateway and DNS servers to other systems that support the DHCP client. The Prestige can also act as a surrogate DHCP server where it relays IP address assignment from the actual DHCP server to the clients.

3.2.2 Client IP Pool Setup

The Prestige is pre-configured with a pool of 32 IP addresses starting from 192.168.1.33 to 192.168.1.64 for the client computers. This leaves 31 IP addresses, 192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.32 (excluding the Prestige itself which has a default IP of 192.168.1.1) for other server computers, e.g., server for mail, FTP, telnet, web, etc., that you may have.

Internet Access

3-1