Dream Property DM820 HD User Manual

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Manually setting an IP address

These settings are only needed if you want to configure your Network manually.

1. With the Navigation-Buttons (

)

choose the cable based network “Wired” and press the OK-

Button

.

2. Press the yellow Options-Button.

3. With the Navigation-Buttons (

)

choose the option "‘Method (IPv4)"’ and press the OK-

Button

.

4. With the Navigation-Buttons (

)

choose the option "‘manual"’ and press the OK-Button.

Address (IPv4) Enter the IP address here.

Free IP-Addresses: 192.168.0.2 - 192.168.0.254

Mask (IPv4) Enter the subnet mask (Usually 255.255.255.0).

Gateway (IPv4) Enter the router’s IP address here, if the Dreambox is connected to the Internet by a

router.
Usually this is: 192.168.0.1
To save the settings and activate the network connection press the OK-Button.

DNS-Settings

1. With the Navigation-Buttons (

)

choose the cable based network “Wired” and press the OK-

Button

.

2. Press the blue Options-Button to open the DNS-Settings dialog.

The colored buttons in this menu are mapped to the following functions:

red Options-Button Delete selected nameserver.

green Options-Button Add IPv4-nameserver.

yellow Options-Button Add IPv6-nameserver.

blue Options-Button Skip changes.

Note: If you have set the “Method (IPv4)” option to “dhcp” you won’t have to enter anything here
since this will be done automatically.

Nameserver Enter the DNS-Server’s IP address here. DNS is used to translate a Domain name to an IP

address. Normally, if the Type is set to LAN, there is no need for a DNS entry. If the Dreambox is
connected to the Internet over a router, enter the router’s IP address here.

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