Table of Contents
Advertisement
Actiontec Broadband Router User Manual
Internet Protocol
This section has three options: No IP Address, Obtain an IP Address
Automatically, and Use the Following IP Address.
No IP Address Select this option if the connection will have no
useful if the connection operates under a bridge.
Obtain an IP Address Automatically Select this option if the network connection
is required by the
the
address also assigns a subnet mask address, which can be overridden by
IP
entering another subnet mask address.
Use the Following IP Address Select this option if the network connection uses a
permanent (static)
Bridge
The "Bridge" section of the Configure Network (Home/Office) screen is used to
specify which networks can join the network bridge.
☞
Note: When a network is disabled, its formerly underlying
devices inherit the network's
removal of a network configured as
configures the devices formerly constituting the network as
clients, with the exact
DHCP
Click in the check box next to the particular network to specify it. Make sure
there are no loops in the network configuration, and apply these settings in case
the network consists of multiple switches, or other bridges apart from those cre-
ated by the Router.
Status The "Status" column displays the connection status of a particular device.
STP Click in the device's "
the device. This protocol provides path redundancy while preventing undesir-
able loops in the network.
to obtain an
ISP
IP
address, then the
IP
DHCP
" check box to enable Spanning Tree Protocol on
STP
address automatically. The server assigning
address and subnet mask address.
IP
settings. For example, the
DHCP
client automatically
DHCP
client configuration.
26
address. This is
IP
Advertisement
Table of Contents
