User`s guide

MN-500 Base Station Configuration Guide 7
Home Page
You can view current base station and Internet connection settings from the Home page of the Base Station
Management Tool. The following sections describe these settings.
Wide Area Network
The wide area network (WAN) settings provide a summary of the Internet settings provided by your ISP. The settings
that appear will vary depending on whether your ISP account provides a static (fixed) IP address, a dynamic Internet
connection, or a Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) connection. If your Internet connection is disabled,
the WAN settings will be unavailable.
The following table describes the WAN settings and how to modify them.
Setting Description Notes
Broadband
Connection
Appears as
Connecting,
Connected,
Disconnecting, or
Disconnected.
If the Base Station Management Tool shows that your broadband connection is
disconnected when you expect it to be connected, try clicking Release and then
Renew to change the base station IP address. If you have a PPPoE connection, try
clicking Disconnect and then Connect. You can also try resetting the base station
and your broadband modem. If you complete these steps and the Broadband
Connection is still disconnected, contact your ISP for assistance.
WAN IP address Shows the IP
address provided by
your ISP.
This is the external (public) IP address that connects your network to the Internet.
If your ISP provides you an IP address dynamically (by using a DHCP server), this
address may change periodically. You can click the Release button and then the
Renew button to get a new IP address. Releasing your IP address is a good idea if
you are having trouble accessing the Internet and you have determined that the
computer is not the source of the problem. If renewing the IP address does not
resolve the problem, contact your ISP for assistance.
Subnet mask Your ISP
establishes the
WAN subnet mask.
If you are using a static Internet connection, you can change the subnet mask for
your wide area network, but you should use the subnet mask provided by your ISP.
The subnet mask does not appear when you are using a PPPoE Internet connection.
Default gateway The IP address that
the base station
uses to send data
from your network
to the Internet.
The gateway setting is automatically generated when you have a dynamic or
PPPoE connection. If you have a static (fixed) IP address, your ISP should provide
the gateway setting, and you can enter the setting on the Wide Area Network page
of the Base Station Management Tool. If you have a dynamic connection and your
Gateway setting is blank, you should click Release and then Renew.
Primary Domain
Name System (DNS)
and Secondary DNS
Your ISP provides
the DNS addresses.
In some cases, these settings may be automatically filled in. Otherwise, you
can enter them on the Wide Area Network page of the Base Station
Management Tool.