User Manual Part 3

LaCie Wireless Space • DESIGN BY NEIL POULTON Administering the LaCie Wireless Space: Beyond Basic

User Manual page 89

4.5.4.1. Avoiding Router IP Address Conﬂicts: Example

My Internet provider has a router IP address of 192.168.1.1 and a

Netmask of 255.255.255.0.

Since the Wireless Space defaults are the same, I must change the

router IP settings on one device. I decide to make changes on the

Wireless Space before attaching the Ethernet cable to the Internet

provider via the INTERNET port (1.4.2. Rear View).

To begin, I make certain that my computer’s network address set-

tings are DHCP and attach the Ethernet cable to one of the LAN

ports on the back of the Wireless Space (1.4.2. Rear View). To begin

making changes in the Wireless Space settings, I type the router IP

address in the URL window of my web browser for access to the

Dashboard (Fig. 154, a).

On the Network LAN page, I change the LAN Interface IP from the

default (Fig. 153, a) to 192.168.2.1 (Fig. 154, b). For the Netmask,

I select 255.255.0.0 (Fig. 154, b). I have now started to adjust the

settings that will prevent addressing conﬂicts on the network.

However, I still need to make a change in the range of IP addresses

(Fig. 153, b) so that devices on the Wireless Space network can

communicate with the Wireless Space and each other. The range

must match the router IP address to communicate with the Wireless

Space. I change the Range Start IP from the default (Fig. 153, b)

to 192.168.2.100 and the Range End IP to 192.168.2.250 (Fig.

154, c).

Once all the important ﬁelds have been completed, I click APPLY

(Fig. 153, c). The Dashboard will lose connection while the Wireless

Space executes the changes.

After a few moments, I type the new router IP address in the URL win-

dow of my web browser to launch the Dashboard (Fig. 155). After

conﬁrming that all the settings have been changed, I know that the

Wireless Space will no longer have router addressing conﬂicts with

the router, server, or Internet provider.

Please note that there are many addressing possibilities to use for

the ﬁelds on the Network LAN page. LaCie cautions users to pay

close attention to addressing conﬂicts, both on the WAN and the

Wireless Space network.

Fig. 153

Fig. 154

Fig. 155