NETGEAR RangeMax WPN824v3 User Manual page 21

Table 1-1. Basic Settings
Settings
Does Your ISP Require a Login?
These fields appear Account Name
only if no login is
required.
Domain Name
(If Required)
These fields appear Internet Service
only if your ISP Provider
requires a login.
Login
Service Name (If
Required)
Idle Timeout (In
Minutes)
Internet IP Address
Domain Name Server (DNS) Address
Connecting to the Internet
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Description
• Yes
• No
Enter the account name provided by your ISP. This might also
be called the host name.
Enter the domain name provided by your ISP.
• PPPoE
• PPTP
• Telstra Bigpond
The login name provided by your ISP. This is often an e-mail
address.
If your ISP provided a service name, enter it here. Otherwise
leave this field blank.
If you want to change the login time-out, enter a new value in
minutes. This determines how long the wireless router keeps
the Internet connection active after there is no Internet activity
from the LAN. Entering an Idle Timeout value of zero means
never log out.
• Get Dynamically from ISP. Your ISP uses DHCP to assign
your IP address. Your ISP automatically assigns these
addresses.
• Use Static IP Address. Enter the IP address that your ISP
assigned. Also enter the IP subnet mask and the gateway IP
address. The gateway is the ISP's wireless router to which
your wireless router will connect.
The DNS server is used to look up site addresses based on
their names.
• Get Dynamically from ISP. Your ISP uses DHCP to assign
your DNS servers automatically.
• Use Static IP Address. If you know that your ISP does not
automatically transmit DNS addresses to the wireless router
during login, select this option, and enter the IP address of
your ISP's primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server
address is available, enter it also.
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