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a. Select the
point's LAN connection. The LAN connection is enabled by default.
b. Use the This Interface
is defined over the LAN connection. Select
uses DHCP. DHCP is a protocol that includes mechanisms for IP address allocation and
delivery of host-specific configuration parameters from a DHCP server to a host. Some
of these parameters are IP address, network mask, and gateway. Select
to use the access point as a DHCP server over the LAN connection. Select the
client option to enable a diskless system to discover its own IP address.
.
NOTE Motorola recommends that the WAN and LAN ports should not both be
c. Enter the network-assigned
NOTE DNS names are not supported as a valid IP address for the access point.
d. The Subnet Mask
the network domain, the next set specifies the subset of hosts within a larger network.
These values help divide a network into subnetworks and simplify routing and data
transmission.
e. If using the static or DHCP Server option, enter a
numerical IP address of a router the access point uses on the Ethernet as its default
gateway.
f. If using the static or DHCP Server option, enter the
address.
g. If using the DHCP Server option, use the
specify a range of IP address reserved for mapping clients to IP addresses. If a manually
(static) mapped IP address is within the IP address range specified, that IP address could
still be assigned to another client. To avoid this, ensure all statically mapped IP
addresses are outside of the IP address range assigned to the DHCP server.
For additional access point LAN port configuration options, see
Interface on page
Enable LAN Interface
drop-down menu to specify how network address information
configured as DHCP clients.
IP Address
The user is required to enter a numerical IP address.
defines the size of the subnet. The first two sets of numbers specify
5-1.
checkbox to forward data traffic over the access
DHCP Client if the larger corporate network
of the access point.
Default Gateway
Primary DNS Server
Address Assignment Range
Getting Started
DHCP Server
Bootp
to define the
numerical IP
parameter to
Configuring the LAN
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