Changing The Ip Address; Assigning An Ip Address From Dhcp; Assigning A Static Ip Address - Philips ACC8160 User Manual

Changing the IP address

You can assign a static IP address to the WLAN adapter or have
the WLAN adapter use the DHCP service on your network to
obtain an IP address automatically (factory default setting).

Assigning an IP address from DHCP

Note
• If you are installing the WLAN adapter for the first time,
please follow  Installation, p. 9.
• The device is configured by default to obtain an IP address
from your DHCP server.
To have the WLAN adapter obtain an IP address automatically
from the DHCP server on your network, follow these steps:
1
Make a note of the MAC address of the WLAN adapter.
The MAC address can be found on the bottom plate of the
WLAN adapter.
2
Configure your DHCP server to assign an IP address to the
WLAN adapter. Refer to the documentation of your DHCP
server for more information.
3
Open the WLAN adapter configuration interface by entering
its IP address in your Web browser or using the WLAN
adapter Administration Tool.
4
Click the NETWORK page.
5
Check the OBTAIN IP ADDRESS AUTOMATICAL-
LY (DHCP) check box on the IP Settings panel.
6
Click the SUBMIT button at the bottom of the IP settings
panel in order to save your changes.
X The WLAN adapter will restart and obtain an IP address
from the DHCP server.
X The configuration interface will no longer be accessible
from the old IP address.

Assigning a static IP address

Note
• If you are installing the WLAN adapter for the first time,
please follow  Installation, p. 9.
Tip
• To display the current IP address assigned to a WLAN
adapter and its MAC address  Display configuration
settings, p. 19.
To assign a static IP address to the WLAN adapter, follow these
steps:
1
Open the WLAN adapter configuration interface by entering
its IP address in your Web browser or using the WLAN
adapter Administration Tool.
2
Click the NETWORK page.
3
Check the USE THE FOLLOWING IP SETTINGS
check box on the IP settings panel.
4
Enter the IP address you want to assign to the WLAN
adapter into the IP ADDRESS field.
5
Enter the subnet mask for this IP address into the SUBNET
MASK field.
6
Enter the IP address of your network gateway into the DE-
FAULT GATEWAY field.
7
Enter the IP address of a DNS server on your network into
the PREFERRED DNS SERVER field. A DNS server
is only required if you reference your FTP server using a
domain name on the FTP settings panel ( FTP settings, p.
14). Leave the field empty if you do not want to specify a
DNS server.
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