Systems Network Router User Manual

recommended you use the factory defaults settings for the “Continuous IP address pool starts

at”. This field allows you to set the initial IP address that your clients will receive. For

example, the first client to access the DI-701 will receive 192.168.0.2 for its address.

“Number of IP addresses in pool” allows you to set the maximum number of clients you wish

to use the DI-701 as a DHCP server. This should be set to either the number of clients you

have or higher.

Figure 6: Local Port

ADVANCED NOTE ON LOCAL SETTINGS: If you are using the DI-701 on an existing

LAN that already has a DHCP server, you may wish to disable the DHCP services in the DI-

701 by selecting “Do not distribute IP addresses to local computers”. In this case, you will

need to configure the DI-701 with an address that can be accessed by the clients on your

network. The IP address of the DI-701’s local port will need to be set at each client as the

client’s gateway address. The DI-701 does not directly provide DNS information, so a

separate DNS server address on the network (or on the internet) must be provided to each

client. This would effectively allow a user to set up the DI-701 as a gateway. Any local

traffic that is bound for the Internet would be transmitted over the broadband connection.

A simple example would be a network with a Windows NT server that acts as both a DHCP

and Network server. For this example if the NT server has a local address of 192.168.0.1

and passes out IP addresses in the range of 192.168.0.3 to 192.168.0.54, the DI-701 could be

set with a static address of 192.168.0.55 on its local port. The DI-701’s global port could be

connected to a DSL/Cable Modem and configured for the specific ISP. The NT server

would have to pass 192.168.0.55 to each client as the gateway address. A DNS server

address would have to be provided as well (perhaps a DNS server on the local network at