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A login window opens.
3.
Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in.
The user name and password are case-sensitive.
The Dashboard displays.
4.
Click Settings > Monitoring > Connection Status.
The Connection Status page displays. The information that shows on the page depends on the type of
WAN Ethernet interface connection for the router. For the most common type of connection, in which
the router receives an IP address dynamically from the ISP, the page shows the following information:
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IP Address. The IP address that is assigned to the router.
Note
If the IP address is shown as 0.0.0.0, the router did not obtain an IP address for
its WAN Ethernet interface.
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Subnet Mask. The subnet mask that is assigned to the router.
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Default Gateway. The IP address for the default gateway that the router communicates with.
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DHCP Server. The IP address for the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol server that provides
the TCP/IP configuration for all the computers that are connected to the router.
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DNS Server.The IP address of the Domain Name Service server that provides translation of network
names to IP addresses.
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Lease Obtained. The date and time when the IP address lease was obtained from the ISP's DHCP
server.
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Lease Expires. The date and time that the IP address lease expires.
5.
To release the IP address lease, which causes all fields to be reset to 0, click the Release button.
6.
To renew the IP address lease, click the Renew button.
In most situations, the ISP's DHCP server assigns the same IP address to the router, but it is possible
that the ISP's DHCP server assigns a different IP address to the router.
Restart the Router From Its Web Interface
You can restart the router remotely from its web interface.
To restart the router:
1.
Launch a web browser from a computer or mobile device that is connected to the router network.
2.
Enter http://www.routerlogin.net.
A login window opens.
3.
Enter the router admin user name and password.
The user name is admin. The password is the one that you specified the first time that you logged in.
The user name and password are case-sensitive.
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