Chapter 10 IP Screen

"Regardless of your particular situation, do not create an arbitrary IP address; always follow the guidelines above. For more information on address assignment, please refer to RFC 1597, Address Allocation for Private Internets and RFC 1466, Guidelines for Management of IP Address Space.

10.3Configuring IP

Click IP to display the screen shown next.

Figure 79 IP Setup

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 43 IP Setup

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

IP Address Assignment

 

 

 

Get automatically from

Select this option if your ZyXEL Device is using a dynamically assigned IP

DHCP

address from a DHCP server each time.

 

Note: You must know the IP address assigned to the

 

ZyXEL Device (by the DHCP server) to access the

 

ZyXEL Device again.

Use fixed IP address

Select this option if your ZyXEL Device is using a static IP address. When

 

you select this option, fill in the fields below.

 

 

IP Address

Enter the IP address of your ZyXEL Device in dotted decimal notation.

 

Note: If you change the ZyXEL Device's IP address, you

 

must use the new IP address if you want to access

 

the web configurator again.

IP Subnet Mask

Type the subnet mask.

 

 

Gateway IP Address

Type the IP address of the gateway. The gateway is an immediate neighbor

 

of your ZyXEL Device that will forward the packet to the destination. On the

 

LAN, the gateway must be a router on the same segment as your ZyXEL

 

Device; over the WAN, the gateway must be the IP address of one of the

 

remote nodes.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

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