Owner's Manual

Advanced Configuration
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N300 Wireless Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router DGN3500
The LAN Setup fields are explained in the following table.
Table 7.
Settings Description
LAN TCP/IP
Setup
IP Address The LAN IP address of the wi
reless modem router.
IP Subnet Mask The LAN subnet mask of the wireless modem router.
Combined with the IP address, the IP Subnet Mask allows a
device to know which other addresses are local to it, and
which must be reached through a gateway or wireless
modem router.
RIP Direction RIP (Router Information Protocol) allows a wireless modem
rou
ter to exchange routing information with other routers.
This setting controls how the wireless modem router sends
and receives RIP packets. Both is the default.
• Both or Out
Only. The wireless modem router
broadcasts its routing table periodically.
• Both or In On
ly. The wireless modem router
incorporates the RIP information that it receives.
• None
. The wireless modem router 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 wireless modem router sends. It
recognizes both formats when receiving. By default, this is
RIP-1.
• RIP-1 is universally supported. It is adequate for most
n
etworks, unless you have an unusual network setup.
• RIP-2 carries more information. Both RIP-2B and
RIP-2M send the routin
g data in RIP-2 format. RIP-2B
uses subnet broadcasting. RIP-2M uses multicasting.
DHCP Server
For more
in
formation
Use Router as a DHCP
Server
This check box is usually selected so that the wireless
mod
em router functions as a Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) server. See Using the N300 Wireless
Modem Router as a DHCP Server on
page 65.
Starting IP Address Specify the start of the range for the pool of IP addresses in
the same subnet as the wireless modem router.
Ending IP Address Specify the end of the range for the pool of IP addresses in
the
same subnet as the wireless modem router.
Address Reservation
For more information, see Address
Reservation on
page 65.
When you specify a reserved IP address for a computer on
the LAN, that computer receives the same IP address each
time it access the wireless modem router’s DHCP server.
Assign reserved IP addresses to servers that require
permanent IP settings.