User's Manual
48 Microsoft Broadband Networking Base Station User’s Guide
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Setting Description 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.
Subnet mask Your ISP If you are using a static Internet
establishes the connection, you can change the subnet
WAN subnet mask. mask for your wide area network, but you
should use the subnet mask provided by
your ISP. The subnet mask does not
appear when you are using a PPPoE
Internet connection.
Default The IP address that The gateway setting is automatically
gateway the base station generated when you have a dynamic or
uses to send data PPPoE connection. If you have a static
from your network (fixed) IP address, your ISP should
to the Internet. 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.
Primary Your ISP provides In some cases, these settings may be
Domain Name the DNS automatically filled in. Otherwise, you
System (DNS) addresses. can enter them on the Wide Area
and Secondary Network page of the Base Station
DNS Management Tool.
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 Notes
Local IP address The default IP You can change the local IP address
address of your base on the Local Area Network page of
station is the Base Station Management
192.168.2.1. Tool, but this is not recommended.
Subnet mask The subnet mask for You cannot change the subnet mask
your local network is of your LAN.
255.255.255.0.