NETGEAR MBM621 - Manual (Page 20)

Mobile Broadband Modem MBM621 User Manual
2-2 Settings and Maintenance
v1.0, September 2007
Maintenance
The selections available on the Maintenance menu are Modem Status, Attached Devices, Backup
Settings, Set Password, and Modem Upgrade.
Domain Name Server
(DNS) Address The DNS server is used to look up site addresses based on their names.
• Get Automatically from ISP. Your ISP uses DHCP to assign your DNS
servers. Your ISP automatically assigns this address.
• Use These DNS Servers. If you know that your ISP does not
automatically transmit DNS addresses to the modem during login, select
this option, and enter the IP address of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a
secondary DNS server address is available, enter it also.
Router MAC Address The Ethernet MAC address that will be used by the modem on the Internet
port. Some ISPs register the Ethernet MAC address of the network interface
card in your computer when your account is first opened. They will then
accept traffic only from the MAC address of that computer. This feature
allows your modem to masquerade as that computer by “cloning” its MAC
address.
• Use Default Address. Use the default MAC address.
• Use Computer MAC Address. The modem will capture and use the MAC
address of the computer that you are now using. You must be using the
one computer that is allowed by the ISP.
• Use This MAC Address. Enter the MAC address that you want to use.
Table 2-1. Basic Settings (continued)
Setting Description