US Robotics Instant802 APSDK Administrator's Manual page 94

Field
Connection Type
Static IP Address
Subnet Mask
Default Gateway
DNS Nameservers
Description
You can select DHCP or Static
The Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a protocol that specifies how a
centralized server can provide network configuration information to devices on the
network. A DHCP server offers a lease to the client. The information supplied
includes the IP addresses and netmask plus the address of its DNS servers and
gateway.
Static IP indicates that all network settings are provided manually. You must provide
the IP address for the Professional Access Point, its subnet mask, the IP address of
the default gateway, and the IP address of at least one DNS name server.
If you select DHCP, the Professional Access Point will acquire its IP Address, subnet
mask, and DNS and gateway information from the DHCP Servers.
Static IP, fill in the
If you select
fields.
Caution: If you do not have a
to use one, the first thing you must do after bringing up the access point is change
the connection type from DHCP to static IP. When you change the connection type
to static IP, you can either assign a new
continue using the default address.
address so that if later you bring up another Professional Access Point on the same
network, the IP addresses for the two APs will be unique.
If you need to recover the default static IP address, you can do so by resetting the
access point to the factory defaults as described in "Reset Configuration" on
page 171.
Enter the static IP address in the text boxes.
This field is enabled only if you selected Static IP as the connection type.
Subnet Mask
Enter the in the text boxes. You must obtain this information from your
ISP or network administrator.
This field is enabled only if you selected Static IP as the connection type.
Default Gateway
Enter the in the text boxes.
This field is enabled only if you selected Static IP as the connection type.
The Domain Name Service (DNS) is a system that resolves the descriptive name
(domainname) of a network resource (for example,
66.93.138.219
IP address (for example,
There are usually two Nameservers; a Primary Nameserver and a Secondary
Nameserver.
You can choose Dynamic or
• If you choose Manual, assign static IP addresses for the DNS servers manually.
• If you choose Dynamic, the IP addresses for the DNS servers will be assigned
automatically via DHCP. This option is only available if you specified
Connection Type.
Professional Access Point
IP.
Static IP Address, Subnet Mask, and
DHCP server on the Internal network and do not plan
Static IP Address
USRobotics
recommends assigning a new
www.usr.com
). A DNS server is called a Nameserver.
Manual mode.
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Default Gateway
to the access point or
) to its numeric
DHCP
for the