Specifications

3‐3LAN(Wired)
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YoucansetupWiredLAN(LocalAreaNetwork)connectionsofthisbroadbandrouterin
‘LAN’menu.Thisbroadbandrouterhas4LANportsandthey’llallusethesameLANIP
addresssettings.PleasealsonotethatbothwiredandwirelessLANusesthesameLANIP
addresssettings,too.
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LANsettingssplitinto3sections:LANIP,DHCPServer,andStaticDHCPleases.Pleaserefer
tocorrespondingsectionsbelowfordetailedsetupinstructions.
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3‐3‐1Beforeyoustart‐SuggestionsfordecidinganIPaddresstobeusedwiththis
broadbandrouter
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BeforeallcomputersusingwiredEthernetconnection
(i.e.thosecomputersconnecttothis
router’sLANport1to4byEthernetcable)orwirelessconnectioncancommunicatewith
eachotherandaccessinternet,theymusthaveavalidIPaddress.
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TherearetwowaystoassignIPaddressestocomputers:staticIPaddress(settheIP
address
foreverycomputermanually),anddynamicIPaddress(IPaddressofcomputers
willbeassignedbyrouterautomatically.It’srecommendedformostofcomputerstouse
dynamicIPaddress,itwillsavealotoftimeonsettingIPaddressesforeverycomputer,
especiallywhentherearealotof
computersinyournetwork;forserversandnetwork
deviceswhichwillprovideservicestoothercomputerandusersthatcomefromInternet,
staticIPaddressshouldbeused,soothercomputescanlocatetheserver.
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Thisbroadbandrouterhasabuilt‐inDHCP(DynamicHostConfigurationProtocol)server,
andcanhelp
youtoassignIPaddressestoyourclientcomputers.Almostallnetwork
computers/devicesmanufacturedafteryear1995arecompatiblewithDHCP,andyoucan
letthisbroadbandroutertoassigntheIPaddresstoclientcomputers/devicesforyou.