User Guide

General and Network Settings Page 38
1. Select NAT with DHCP Client from the Network Addressing Mode menu.
2. Enter a unique IP address from your LAN address range in the SonicWALL LAN IP
Address field. The SonicWALL LAN IP Address is the address assigned to the
SonicWALL LAN port and is used for management of the SonicWALL.
3. Enter your network subnet mask in the LAN Subnet Mask field. The LAN Subnet Mask
tells your SonicWALL which IP addresses are on your LAN. The default value,
"255.255.255.0", supports up to 254 IP addresses.
4. Click Update. Once the SonicWALL has been updated, a message confirming the
update is displayed at the bottom of the browser window. Restart the SonicWALL for
these changes to take effect.
Note: When NAT is enabled, designate the SonicWALL LAN IP Address as the gateway
address for computers on the LAN.
When your SonicWALL has successfully received a DHCP lease, the Network window
displays the SonicWALL WAN IP settings.
•The Lease Expires value shows when your DHCP lease expires.
•The WAN Gateway (Router) Address, SonicWALL WAN IP (NAT Public)
Address, WAN/DMZ Subnet Mask, and DNS Servers are obtained from a DHCP
server on the Internet.
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