User's Manual

LANCOM Routers, WLAN routers, access points and WLAN controllers K First Steps
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First Steps
K Now continue from item d.
... with WEBconfig
K As an alternative, start the Web browser to carry out the configuration.
The behavior and accessibility of routers and access points being
configured via a Web browser depend on whether the DHCP server and
DNS server are active in the LAN already, and whether these two server
processes share the assignment in the LAN of IP addresses to symbolic
names.
DHCP – client or server?
Following power-on, unconfigured LANCOM devices first check whether a
DHCP server is already active in the LAN. Depending on the situation, the
device can either enable its own DHCP server or enable DHCP client mode. In
the second operating mode, the device can retrieve an IP address for itself
from a DHCP server in the LAN.
Network without a DHCP server
Not for centrally
managed LANCOM
wireless routers or
LANCOM access
points
In a network without a DHCP server, unconfigured LANCOM devices enable
their own DHCP server service when switched on and assign IP addresses,
netmask and DSN server to other computers in the LAN (provided that these
are set for automatic retrieval of IP addresses – auto DHCP). In this
constellation, the device can be accessed by every computer with the auto
DHCP function enabled with a Web browser under name LANCOM or under
IP address 172.23.56.254.
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With the factory settings and an activated DHCP server, the device
forwards all incoming DNS requests to the internal Web server. This
means that a connection can easily be made to set up an
unconfigured LANCOM by entering any name into a Web browser.