LAN IP Setup Help

The default values are suitable for most users and situations.

LAN TCP/IP Setup

These are advanced settings that you may configure if you are a network administrator. RIP is applicable if your network contains multiple routers.

• IP Address: Type the IP address of your router (factory default: 192.168.0.1).
• IP Subnet Mask: The subnet mask specifies the network number portion of an IP address. Your router will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on the IP address that you assign. Unless you are implementing subnetting, use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask (computed by the router).
• RIP Direction: RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC 2453) allows a router to exchange routing information with other routers. The RIP Direction selection controls how the router sends and receives RIP packets. Default RIP direction is None.
  • When set to Both or Out Only, the router will broadcast its routing table periodically.
  • When set to Both or In Only, it will incorporate the RIP information that it receives.
  • When set to None, it will not send any RIP packets and will ignore any RIP packets received.
• RIP Version: This controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets that the router sends. (It recognizes both formats when receiving.) By default, RIP is disabled.
  • RIP-1 is universally supported. RIP-1 is probably adequate for most networks, unless you have an unusual network setup.
  • RIP-2 carries more information. Both RIP-2B and RIP-2M send the routing data in RIP-2 format.
  • RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting.
  • RIP-2M uses multicasting. (See note below.)

Note: Multicasting can reduce the load on non-router machines because they do not listen to the RIP multicast address and will not receive the RIP packets. However, if one router uses multicasting, then all routers on your network must use multicasting.

Use router as DHCP server

By default, the router will function as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, providing TCP/IP configuration for all computers connected to the router's LAN.

If another device on your network will be the DHCP server, or if you will manually configure all devices, select the Disable option under DHCP configuration. Select the Use External DHCP server option to configure the router as a DHCP relay.

• Starting IP Address - This box specifies the first of the contiguous addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.0.2 is the default start address.
• Ending IP Address - This box specifies the last of the contiguous addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.0.254 is the default ending address.

Address Reservation

When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address each time it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings.

To Reserve An IP Address:

1. Click the Add button.
2. Select the radio button of the Computer you wish to add from the Address Reservation Table.
3. If the Computer is not on the Address Reservation Table, enter the IP Address, MAC Address, and Device Name of the computer you wish to add.
4. Click the Add button when finished.

To Edit A Reserved IP Address:

1. Select the radio button next to the reserved address you want to edit.
2. Click the Edit button.
3. Edit the IP Address, MAC Address or Device Name.
4. Click the Accept button when finished.

To Delete A Reserved IP Address:

1. Select the radio button next to the reserved address you want to delete.
2. Click the Delete button.