User's Manual

LANCOM Routers, WLAN routers, access points and WLAN controllers K First Steps
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First Steps
If the configuration computer does not retrieve its IP address from the
LANCOM DHCP server, it determines the current IP address of the computer
(with Start E Run E cmd and command ipconfig at the prompt under
Windows 2000 or Windows XP or Windows Vista, or with command ifconfig
in the console under Linux) In this case, the LANCOM can be accessed with
address x.x.x.254 (the “x”s stand for the first three blocks in the IP address
of the configuration computer).
Network with DHCP server
If a DHCP server for the assignment of IP addresses is active in the LAN, an
unconfigured LANCOM device disables its own DHCP server, switches to DHCP
client mode and retrieves an IP address from the DHCP server in the LAN.
However, this IP address is initially unknown and accessing the device
depends on the name resolution:
K If the LAN also has a DNS server for name resolution and this
communicates the IP address/name assignment to the DHCP server, the
device can be reached under name "LANCOM-<MAC address>", e.g.
“LANCOM-00a057xxxxxx”.
http://LANCOM-00a05700094A