User's Manual

ADVANCED SETTINGS
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MY NET ROUTERS
USER MANUAL
Glossary
Setting Description
Connection to
Broadband
Indicates whether the router is connected to broadband (high
speed Internet) service.
Connection Type Can be Static or Dynamic IP (DHCP), PPPoE (Username /
Password), and PPTP (Username / Password).
Connection Up Time Days, hours, minutes, and seconds the connection has been
steady.
Default Gateway The IP address of the device which your router is connected
to.
DHCP (Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol) IP
Address
IP address automatically assigned by your Internet Service
Provider (ISP). This IP address may change periodically or
each time your router is disconnected and reconnected to the
ISP.
DNS (Domain Name
Service) Server
System that translates text host names into numeric IP
addresses used to uniquely identify any device connected to
the Internet.
Dynamic DNS (DDNS) Status of the Dynamic Domain Name System, a system that
keeps a domain name linked to a changing IP address.
Dynamic DNS Status Status of whether you router can successfully connect and
update your IP address to the DDNS service.
Host name The host name you configured/purchased from your DDNS
service provider. WHAT IS THE HOST? YOUR COMPUTER?
IP Address The WAN/Internet IP address assigned to your router by the
ISP.
IPv6 Connection Type Click to select Static IPv6, Auto (SLAAC/DHCPv6), PPPoE or
Link-local Only connection used to connect to your ISP.
Check with your ISP for this information.
IPv6 Default Gateway The IPv6 address of the device that your router is connected
to.
LAN IPv6 Computers Computers connected to your local network with an IPv6
address.
LAN IPv6 Link-Local
Address
The LAN link-local IPv6 address of your router.????
MAC Address Unique identifier that the manufacturer assigns to a device.
MTU (Maximum
Transmission Unit)
Size (in bytes) of the largest protocol data unit that can be
transmitted over the network.
Network connection to
ISP
Indicates whether the router is connected to an Internet
Service Provider.
Password (Key) Password required for accessing the network.