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Chapter 5 Using Network Connections
DNS Server
Domain Name System (
DNS ) is the method by which website or domain names
are translated into IP addresses. The connection can be set to automatically
obtain a DNS server address, or an address can be set manually, according to
information provided by the ISP .
To configure the connection to automatically obtain a DNS server address, select
Obtain DNS Server Address Automatically from the “ DNS Server” drop-down
list. To manually configure DNS server addresses, select Use the Following DNS
Server Addresses. Specify up to two different DNS server addresses, one pri-
mary, the other secondary.
IP Address Distribution
The “IP Address Distribution” section of the Configure Broadband Connection
(Coax) screen allows the user to configure the Router’s Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol (
DHCP ) server parameters. The DHCP automatically
assigns IP addresses to network devices. If enabled, make sure to configure the
network devices as “ DHCP Clients.” There are three options in this section:
Disabled, DHCP Server, and DHCP Relay.
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Caution: Actiontec strongly recommends leaving this setting
at “Disabled.”
Disabled Select this option if statically assigning IP addresses to the network
devices.
DHCP Server To set up the WAN Coax Link Ethernet connection to function as a
DHCP server:
1. Select DHCP Server.
2. Enter the IP address at which the Router starts issuing addresses in the
“Start IP Address” text boxes. Since the Router’s default IP address is
192.168.1.1, the Start IP Address must be 192.168.1.2.
3. Enter the end of the IP address range used to automatically issue IP address-
es in the “End IP Address” text boxes.
4. Enter the subnet mask address in the “Subnet Mask” text boxes. The subnet
mask determines which portion of a destination LAN IP address is the net-
work portion, and which portion is the host portion.