ActionTec MI424-WR User Manual page 72

DNS Server
Domain Name System (
are translated into
obtain a server address, or an address can be set manually, according to
DNS
information provided by the
To configure the connection to automatically obtain a
Obtain DNS Server Address Automatically from the "
list. To manually configure
Server Addresses. Specify up to two different
mary, the other secondary.
IP Address Distribution
The "IP Address Distribution" section of the Configure Broadband Connection
(Coax) screen allows the user to configure the Router's Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (
assigns addresses to network devices. If enabled, make sure to configure the
IP
network devices as "
Disabled, DHCP Server, and DHCP Relay.
M
Caution: Actiontec strongly recommends leaving this setting
at "Disabled."
Disabled Select this option if statically assigning
devices.
DHCP Server To set up the
server:
DHCP
1. Select DHCP Server.
2. Enter the
address at which the Router starts issuing addresses in the
IP
"Start Address" text boxes. Since the Router's default
IP
192.168.1.1, the Start
3. Enter the end of the
es in the "End
4. Enter the subnet mask address in the "Subnet Mask" text boxes. The subnet
mask determines which portion of a destination
work portion, and which portion is the host portion.
Chapter 5 Using Network Connections
) is the method by which website or domain names
DNS
addresses. The connection can be set to automatically
IP
.
ISP
server addresses, select Use the Following DNS
DNS
) server parameters. The
DHCP
Clients." There are three options in this section:
DHCP
Coax Link Ethernet connection to function as a
WAN
Address must be 192.168.1.2.
IP
address range used to automatically issue
IP
Address" text boxes.
IP
DNS
server addresses, one pri-
DNS
addresses to the network
IP
LAN IP
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server address, select
Server" drop-down
DNS
automatically
DHCP
address is
IP
address-
IP
address is the net-