Network Configuration; Changing Ip Addresses; Configuring The External Interface For Dhcp; Configuring The External Interface For Pppoe - D-Link DFL-500 User Manual

To Port
The destination port of the connection.
Expire
The time, in seconds, before the connection expires.

Network configuration

Go to System > Network to make any of the following changes to the DFL-500 network settings:
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Changing IP addresses

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Configuring the external interface for DHCP

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Configuring the external interface for PPPoE

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Changing MTU size to improve network performance
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Setting DNS server addresses
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Controlling management access to the DFL-500
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Configuring routing
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Enabling RIP server support
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Providing DHCP services to your internal network
Changing IP addresses
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Go to System > Network > IP Address .
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Change the IP addresses and netmasks as required.
Configuring the external interface for DHCP
Use the following procedure to configure the DFL-500 external interface to use DHCP. This configuration is
required if your ISP uses DHCP to assign the IP address of the DFL-500 external interface.
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From the web-based manager, go to System > Network > IP Address .
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Click DHCP and click OK.
The DFL-500 changes to DHCP mode and attempts to contact the DHCP server to set the external IP
address, netmask, and default gateway IP address. When the DFL-500 gets this information from the DHCP
server, the new addresses and netmask are displayed in the external IP address, netmask, and default
gateway IP address fields. These fields are colored grey to indicate that the addresses have not been
assigned manually.
Configuring the external interface for PPPoE
Use the following procedure to configure the DFL-500 external interface to use PPPoE. This configuration is
required if your ISP uses PPPoE to assign the IP address of the external interface.
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Go to System > Network > IP Address .
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Click PPPoE and click OK.
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Click and type your PPPoE user name and password.
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Click OK.
The DFL-500 changes to PPPoE mode and attempts to contact the PPPoE server to set the external IP
address, netmask, and default gateway IP address. When the DFL-500 gets this information from the PPPoE
server, the new addresses and netmask are displayed in the external IP address, netmask, and default
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