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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Apply | Click Apply to save your changes. |
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Reset | Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh. |
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