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use the factory defaults settings for the "Continuous IP address pool starts at". This field
allows you to set the initial IP address that your clients will receive. For example, the first
client to access the DI-701 will receive 192.168.0.2 for its address.
"Number of IP addresses in pool" allows you to set the maximum number of clients you wish
to use the DI-701 as a DHCP server. This should be set to either the number of clients you
have or higher.
Figure 6: Local Port
ADVANCED NOTE ON LOCAL SETTINGS: If you are using the DI-701 on an existing LAN
that already has a DHCP server, you may wish to disable the DHCP services in the DI-701 by
selecting "Do not distribute IP addresses to local computers". In this case, you will need to
configure the DI-701 with an address that can be accessed by the clients on your network.
The IP address of the DI-701' s local port will need to be set at each client as the client' s
gateway address. The DI-701 does not directly provide DNS information, so a separate DNS
server address on the network (or on the internet) must be provided to each client. This
would effectively allow a user to set up the DI-701 as a gateway. Any local traffic that is
bound for the Internet would be transmitted over the broadband connection.
A simple example would be a network with a Windows NT server that acts as both a DHCP
and Network server. For this example if the NT server has a local address of 192.168.0.1 and
passes out IP addresses in the range of 192.168.0.3 to 192.168.0.54, the DI-701 could be set
with a static address of 192.168.0.55 on its local port. The DI-701' s global port could be
connected to a DSL/Cable Modem and configured for the specific ISP. The NT server would
have to pass 192.168.0.55 to each client as the gateway address. A DNS server address would
have to be provided as well (perhaps a DNS server on the local network at 192.168.0.2). Is this
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