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58 Microsoft Broadband Networking Base Station User’s Guide
Dynamic Internet Connection
If your ISP provides a DHCP server, you should select a dynamic
Internet connection for the WAN. This connection enables your ISP
to assign the IP address to your base station dynamically based on
the IP addresses available in the ISP’s subnet.
When you select a dynamic Internet connection, you may be
required to enter the host name and the DNS addresses, if your ISP
provided this information.
To establish a dynamic Internet connection
1. Open the Base Station Management Tool, and then click Wide
Area Network.
2. Under Internet Connection Type, click Dynamic.
3. Specify a host name if your ISP provided one to you.
4. Specify a MAC address, and click Clone MAC Address, if
necessary. For information about this option, see the following
section.
5. Specify the DNS primary and secondary addresses, if your ISP
provided you with this information and it has not been obtained
automatically.
6. To save the WAN settings, click Connect.
MAC Addresses
A MAC address is a unique numerical identifier for a hardware
device, such as a base station or adapter. Your base station has
two MAC addresses, one for the local area network and one for the
wide area network. Each network adapter that you use also has a
MAC address that is assigned at the time of manufacture and
printed on the label.
Some ISPs record the MAC address of the adapter that you use
when you first connect to the Internet. Depending on your ISP
account, you may experience problems if you later use the base
station’s default MAC address to connect to the Internet.
One way to avoid this problem is to clone the MAC address of the
adapter installed in the computer where you initially connected to
the Internet. When you clone the adapter MAC address, it replaces
the base station WAN MAC address, so each device on the network,
including the base station, appears to have that MAC address.
To clone a MAC address
1. Open the Base Station Management Tool, and then click Wide
Area Network.