Network Configuration; Ip Configuration; Ipv4 Configuration - HP 501 Configuration And Administration Manual

4 Network configuration

IP configuration

The HP 501 can connect to up to 15 wired Ethernet clients through a switch or hub connected
to its Ethernet port. You can use the IP configuration page to view the Ethernet port MAC
address and configure IPv4 and IPv6 settings. To display this page, select Network > IP.
The Ethernet configuration section of the page shows the MAC address assigned to the
Ethernet port and to the wireless interface. The MAC address is also printed on the HP 501
label.

IPv4 configuration

Use the IPv4 configuration section of the page to assign an IPv4 address from a DHCP
server on your network to HP 501, or to statically configure an IPv4 address.
Automatically assigning an IP address (default method)
By default, Connection type is set to DHCP and the HP 501 operates as a DHCP client. This
means that if the wired or wireless network has a DHCP server, the HP 501 automatically
receives a new IP address in place of its default IP address (192.168.1.1) upon connecting to the
network.
Notice
The HP 501 can receive an address from a DHCP server on either the wireless or wired
network. To avoid conflicts, however, a DHCP server should reside on only one of these
networks.
The DHCP server assigns an address from its pool of available addresses. You can find the IP
address of the 501 by looking for its Ethernet base MAC address in the DHCP server log. The
Ethernet MAC address is printed on the 501 label identified as Ethernet Base MAC, or listed on
the management tool IP page as MAC address.
To have the DHCP server assign a specific IP address to the HP 501, you must preconfigure the
DHCP server to associate the IP address you want to use with the MAC address of the Ethernet
port on the HP 501.
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