Patton electronic RocketLink 3202 - Manual (Page 36)

Basic Configuration Options 36
Model 3202 Getting Started Guide 4 • Web configuration
2. For Operation Mode, select the radio button for CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) or CO (Central
Office). When the unit is connecting with an EFM DSLAM, select CPE as the operation mode. When
using a “LAN to LAN” connection, one side must be set as CO and the other side must be set as CPE.
3. Enter information for the MGMT port. The Model 3202 requires an IP address to be managed over the
network. The factory default IP address is 192.168.1.1. The subnet mask specifies the network number
portion of an IP address. The factory default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 . You can configure another IP
address and a different subnet mask for management purposes.
– IP: 192.168.1.1
– Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
– Host Name: SOHO
Some ISP providers require the Host Name as identification. You may check with your ISP to see if your
Internet service has been configured with a host name. In most cases, you can ignore this field.
4. Select an option for Trigger DHCP Service. If you don't need the DHCP service, select Disable.
5. Click Next to commit your changes and continue to the DHCP Server page (see “DHCP server” on
page 36).
DHCP server
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a communication protocol that allows network adminis-
trators to manage and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's net-
work. Each machine that can connect to the Internet needs a unique IP address. When an organization sets up
the users with a connection to the Internet, an IP address must be assigned to each machine.
Without DHCP, the IP address must be entered manually at each computer. If computers move to another
location in another part of the network, a new IP address must be entered. DHCP lets a network administrator
supervise and distribute IP addresses from a central point and automatically sends a new IP address when a
computer is plugged into a different place in the network. The embedded DHCP server assigns network con-
figuration information to 253 users (max) accessing the Internet in the same time. For example, if the LAN IP
address is 192.168.0.1, the IP range of the LAN is 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.254.
To set up the DHCP Server for the Model 3202:
1. Click on Basic from the main menu, set up the Operation Mode and MGMT port, then click Next to
reach the DHCP Server page.
2. The DHCP server assigns the IP from the Start IP Address to the End IP Address. The legal IP address
range is from 0 to 255, but 0 is reserved as the network name and 255 is reserved for broadcast. This
implies that the legal IP address range is from 1 to 254. That means you cannot assign an IP greater than
254 or less than 1.
3. A Lease Time of 72 hours indicates that the DHCP server will reassign IP information every 72 hours.,
which is the default value for the Model 3202. You can set up the Lease Time for a range from 1 to 720
hours according to your application.
4. If you assign a fixed IP address to a device while using DHCP, you must enter the device's MAC address in
the Table of Fixed DHCP Host Entries.