Owner's Manual

Genie Advanced Home

Dual Band 11ac WiFi Router R6200

• RIP Version. This setting controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP

packets that the router sends. It recognizes both formats when receiving. By default, the

RIP function is disabled.

RIP-1 is universally supported. It is adequate for most networks, unless you have an

unusual network setup.

RIP-2 carries more information. Both RIP-2B and RIP-2M send the routing data in RIP-2

format. RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting. RIP-2M uses multicasting.

Use Router as a DHCP Server

This check box is usually selected so that the router functions as a Dynamic Host

Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.

• Starting IP Address. Specify the start of the range for the pool of IP addresses in the

same subnet as the router.

• Ending IP Address. Specify the end of the range for the pool of IP addresses in the

same subnet as the router.

Address Reservation

When you specify a reserved IP address for a computer on the LAN, that computer receives

the same IP address each time it accesses the router’s DHCP server. Assign reserved IP

addresses to servers that require permanent IP settings.

Use the Router as a DHCP Server

By default, the router acts as a DHCP server. The router assigns IP, DNS server, and default

gateway addresses to all computers connected to the LAN. The assigned default gateway

address is the LAN address of the router. The router assigns IP addresses to the attached

computers from a pool of addresses specified in this screen. Each pool address is tested

before it is assigned to avoid duplicate addresses on the LAN. For most applications, the

default DHCP and TCP/IP settings of the router are satisfactory.

You can specify the pool of IP addresses to be assigned by setting the starting IP address

and ending IP address. These addresses should be part of the same IP address subnet as

the router’s LAN IP address. Using the default addressing scheme, define a range between

192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.254, although you might want to save part of the range for

devices with fixed addresses.

The router delivers the following parameters to any LAN device that requests DHCP:

• An IP address from the range you have defined

• Subnet mask

• Gateway IP address (the router’s LAN IP address)

• Primary DNS server (if you entered a primary DNS address in the Internet Setup screen;

otherwise, the router’s LAN IP address)