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7.2.2.1 General Setup
7.2.2.1.1 Static:
This is the configuration setup for when you select the static protocol.
Filed name
Sample
Explanation
1.
IPv4 address
192.168.99.162
Your router’s address on the WAN network
2.
IPv4 netmask
255.255.255.0
A mask used to define how “large” the WAN network is
3.
IPv4 gateway
192.168.99.254
Address where the router will send all the outgoing traffic
4.
IPv4 broadcast
192.168.99.255
Broadcast address (auto generated if not set). It is best to leave this
blank unless you know what you are doing.
5.
Use custom DNS
servers
8.8.8.8
8.8.6.6
Usually the gateway has some predefined DNS servers. As such the
router, when it needs to resolve a hostname (“www.google.com”,
“www.cnn.com”, etc…) to an IP address, it will forward all the DNS
requests to the gateway. By entering custom DNS servers the router will
take care of host name resolution. You can enter multiple DNS servers
to provide redundancy in case the one of the server fails.
7.2.2.1.2 DHCP:
When you select the DHCP protocol you can use it as is, because most networks will not require any additional
advanced configuration.