Chapter 14 IP Screen

These parameters should work for the majority of installations.

14.2 The IP Screen

Use this screen to configure the IP address for your NWA. Click IP to display the following screen.

Figure 105 IP Setup

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 49 IP Setup

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

IP Address Assignment

 

 

Get automatically

Select this option if your NWA is using a dynamically assigned IP

from DHCP

address from a DHCP server each time.

 

Note: You must know the IP address assigned to the NWA (by

 

the DHCP server) to access the NWA again.

 

 

Use fixed IP address

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

 

you select this option, fill in the fields below.

 

 

IP Address

Enter the IP address of your NWA in dotted decimal notation.

 

Note: If you change the NWA'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 NWA that will forward the packet to the

 

destination. On the LAN, the gateway must be a router on the

 

same segment as your NWA; 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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