User's Manual

SR804N Cable Modem User Manual
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Note that communication on the LAN will work regardless of whether the WAN
connection provided by the cable modem is up. However, you will not be able to
access the Internet until the WAN connection is enabled and has an IP address.
Some configurations settings are retrieved only once from non-volatile storage
when the CMRG first powers up. One such setting is changing the Static WAN IP
address parameters. Any changes to these settings will force the CMRG to reset
so that the new configuration can be read from non-volatile storage.
When this mandatory reset is required, the web interface will notify as follows:
Figure 11 Reload page
Simply wait for the modem to reboot and click on the “RELOAD” link to re-enter the
web interface where you made your last change.
Most configuration items may be changed on the fly without a reboot.
5.2.2 DHCP
Choose Basic > DHCP, and the following page appears.