ZyXEL Communications HS100/HS100W manual Chapter LAN Screens, LAN Overview, Dhcp Setup

HomeSafe User’s Guide

Chapter 5

LAN Screens

This chapter describes how to configure LAN settings.

5.1LAN Overview

Local Area Network (LAN) is a shared communication system to which many computers are attached. The LAN screens can help you configure a LAN DHCP server, manage IP addresses, and partition your physical network into logical networks.

5.2DHCP Setup

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131 and RFC 2132) allows individual clients to obtain TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a server. You can configure the HomeSafe as a DHCP server or disable it. When configured as a server, the HomeSafe provides the TCP/IP configuration for the clients. If DHCP service is disabled, you must have another DHCP server on your LAN, or else the computer must be manually configured.

5.2.1 IP Pool Setup

The HomeSafe is pre-configured with a pool of 32 IP addresses starting from 192.168.1.33 to 192.168.1.64. This configuration leaves 31 IP addresses (excluding the HomeSafe itself) in the lower range for other server computers, for instance, servers for mail, FTP, TFTP, web, etc., that you may have.

5.2.2 System DNS Servers

Refer to the IP Address and Subnet Mask section in the Wizard Setup chapter.

5.3LAN TCP/IP

The HomeSafe has built-in DHCP server capability that assigns IP addresses and DNS servers to systems that support DHCP client capability.

5.3.1 Factory LAN Defaults

The LAN parameters of the HomeSafe are preset in the factory with the following values:

¾IP address of 192.168.1.1 with subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 (24 bits)

¾DHCP server enabled with 32 client IP addresses starting from 192.168.1.33.

These parameters should work for the majority of installations. If your ISP gives you explicit DNS server address(es), read the embedded web configurator help regarding what fields need to be configured.

5.3.2 IP Address and Subnet Mask

Refer to the IP Address and Subnet Mask section in the Wizard Setup chapter for this information.

5.3.3 RIP Setup

RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC 1058 and RFC 1389) allows a router to exchange routing information with other routers. RIP Direction controls the sending and receiving of RIP

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