Siemens GIGASET 54 User Manual page 32

Configuring Gigaset PC Card 54
IP Address
Host Name
MAC Address
Subnetmask
DHCP Server
Gateway
Updating the IP address
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Click on Renew IP Address to connect your PC to a WLAN network.
The network adapter checks whether there is a DHCP server available within its radio
range whose settings are compatible with those of the active configuration profile.
If this is the case, the DHCP server responds to the query by assigning an IP address
that your PC can use to exchange data over the new network.
Releasing the IP address
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Click on Release IP Address to deregister your PC from the current WLAN.
Your PC is deregistered at the DHCP server and is no longer available to WLAN con-
nection partners. The DHCP server can assign the IP address allocated to your PC to
a new connection partner.
Network utilisation
The diagram in the lower section of the IP Settings tab shows the network utilisation
achieved between the connection partner and your PC.
Divided into data received and data sent, the actual transmission rates are shown and
compared with the theoretical transmission rate available on this WLAN. The percent-
age values are updated continuously in the diagram.
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Shows the Internet Protocol address with which your PC is regis-
tered to the WLAN. As a rule the IP address is assigned to your PC by
the DHCP server coordinating the PC's access to a network. In a
WLAN, for example, this is the Access Point's DHCP server.
Computer name entered for your PC during installation of the oper-
ating system.
Shows the physical address of your network adapter.
Shows the value of the subnet mask that defines the address block
of the IP -address.
For example, the value 255.255.255.0 shows that the network
address is formed by the first three blocks of the IP address. The last
block is for the PC addresses in this network. The number of IP
address blocks used for PC addressing depends on the size of the
network and hence the number of connected PCs.
Shows the IP address of the system which provides the DHCP server
for automatic addressing and coordination of the connected PCs.
Shows the IP address of the system that enables access to an upper-
level, for example a connection to the Internet.