User's Manual

Chapter 6: Using Advanced Setup
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The following table shows you the values to enter. After you enter
the values, click Save Changes, then Write Settings to Flash.
Setting Description
IP Address
The IP address of your modem.
Subnet Mask
The modem's subnet mask address.
Status You should leave this setting on Enable.
Disable would require you to set up fixed IP
addresses for all of the devices in your
network.
Maximum Lease
Time
The maximum amount of time, in seconds,
that a device in your network will have the
temporary IP address before a new one is
issued by the modem’s DHCP server.
(86,400 seconds equals 24 hours)
Default Lease Time
The Default amount of time that your
modem's DHCP server will assign an IP
address.
Start IP Address
The first IP address of a range that you
specify using the Start and End IP Address
settings. Your modem's DHCP server will
assign the IP addresses in this range at
random to the computers and devices in
your network
End IP Address
The last IP address of a range that you
specify using the Start and End IP Address
settings. Your modem’s DHCP server will
assign numbers from this range at random
to the computers and devices in your
network. By default the DHCP server has
12 addresses available to assign. If you
plan on attaching more than 12 devices to
your network, change the ending IP
address to allow for more devices.