Local Area Network - Microsoft MN-500 User Manual

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Setting Description
Subnet mask Your ISP
establishes the
WAN subnet mask. mask for your wide area network, but you
Default The IP address that The gateway setting is automatically
gateway the base station
uses to send data
from your network
to the Internet.
Primary Your ISP provides
Domain Name the DNS
System (DNS) addresses.
and Secondary
DNS

Local Area Network

The Local Area Network settings relate to your local network—that
is, how the base station is configured in relation to the devices on
your network.
The following table describes the LAN settings and how to modify
them.
Setting Description
Local IP address The default IP
address of your base
station is
192.168.2.1.
Subnet mask The subnet mask for
your local network is
255.255.255.0.
Notes
Releasing your IP address is a good idea
if you are having trouble accessing the
Internet and you have determined that
the computer is not the source of the
problem. If renewing the IP address does
not resolve the problem, contact your ISP
for assistance.
If you are using a static Internet
connection, you can change the subnet
should use the subnet mask provided by
your ISP. The subnet mask does not
appear when you are using a PPPoE
Internet connection.
generated when you have a dynamic or
PPPoE connection. If you have a static
(fixed) IP address, your ISP should
provide the gateway setting, and you can
enter the setting on the Wide Area
Network page of the Base Station
Management Tool. If you have a dynamic
connection and your Gateway setting is
blank, you should click Release and then
Renew.
In some cases, these settings may be
automatically filled in. Otherwise, you
can enter them on the Wide Area
Network page of the Base Station
Management Tool.
Notes
You can change the local IP address
on the Local Area Network page of
the Base Station Management
Tool, but this is not recommended.
You cannot change the subnet mask
of your LAN.