Lan Ip Setup Help - NETGEAR DSL VVG2000 User Manual

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LAN IP Setup Help

The DHCP and TCP/IP default values work for most users.
Group Number Select
GROUP number is related to VLAN Group settings.The default setting is 4 lan ports in GROUP1
LAN TCP/IP Setup
These are advanced settings that you may configure if you are a network administrator and your
network contains multiple Routers. If you make any changes to these settings you will need to
restart your computer(s) for the settings to take effect.
• IP Address: Type the IP address of your Router in dotted decimal notation (factory default:
192.168.0.1).
• IP Subnet Mask: The subnet mask specifies the network number portion of an IP address.
Your Router will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on the IP address that you
assign. Unless you are implementing subnetting, use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask
(computed by the Router).
• RIP Direction: RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC1058 and RFC1389) allows a
Router to exchange routing information with other Routers. The RIP Direction selection
controls how the Router sends and receives RIP packets. Both is the default.
• When set to Both or Out Only, the Router will broadcast its routing table
periodically.
• When set to Both or In Only, it will incorporate the RIP information that it receives.
• When set to None, it will not send any RIP packets and will ignore any RIP packets
received.
• RIP Version: This controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets that
the Router sends. (It recognizes both formats when receiving.) By default, this is set for RIP-
1.
• RIP-1 is universally supported. RIP-1 is probably adequate for most networks, unless
you have an unusual network setup.
• RIP-2 carries more information. Both RIP-2B and RIP-2M send the routing data in
RIP-2 format.
• RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting.
• RIP-2M uses multicasting. (See note below.)
Note: Multicasting can reduce the load on non-Router machines because they do not listen to the
RIP multicast address and will not receive the RIP packets. However, if one Router uses
multicasting, then all Routers on your network must use multicasting.
Default DMZ Server
Specifying a Default DMZ Server allows you to set up a computer or server that is available to
anyone on the Internet for services that you haven't defined. There are security issues with doing
this, so only do this if you're willing to risk open access. If you do not assign a Default DMZ
Server, the Router discards any incoming service requests which are undefined. This can be a
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