Step 6: Configure The Wan Interface; Communicating With The Outside World - Motorola WS2000 - Wireless Switch - Network Management Device System Reference Manual

Step 6: Configure the WAN Interface

A wide area network (WAN) is a widely dispersed telecommunications network. In a corporate environment,
the WAN port might connect to a larger corporate network. For a small business, the WAN port might
connect to a DSL or cable modem to access the Internet.
The WS2000 Wireless Switch includes one WAN port. In order to set up communications with the outside
world, select Network Configuration
appears.

Communicating with the Outside World

1. Click the Enable WAN Interface
network or the outside world through the WAN port.
2. If this switch should be a DHCP client (get its IP address automatically from another server or switch),
check the This interface is a DHCP Client
the switch is limited to one WAN IP address. This choice is required when:
• The host router or switch on the WAN communicates with the WS2000 Wireless Switch using DHCP.
• The switch is interfacing with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) that uses DHCP addressing.
NOTE: This setting is independent from the DHCP settings for the switch's internal subnets.
3. If This interface is DHCP Client
information to enter into these fields, contact the network administrator or the ISP that provided the
cable modem or DSL router. All the fields below take standard IP addresses of the form xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx.
• The IP Address
Wireless Switch.
• Click the
Additional IP addresses are required when users within the LAN need dedicated IP addresses, or
--> WAN
check box to enable a connection between the switch and a larger
is not checked, fill in the information in this area. To find out the
refers to the IP address that the outside world uses to address the WS2000
More IP Addresses button to specify additional static IP addresses for the switch.
from the left menu. The following WAN configuration page
check box. If This interface is DHCP Client
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is checked,