Netgear RANGEMAX WNDR3300 User Manual download pdf (Page 59)

NETGEAR RangeMax™ Dual Band Wireless-N Router WNDR3300 Reference Manual

Customizing Your Network Settings 4-3

v1.0, February 2008

• IP Subnet Mask. The LAN subnet mask of the router. Combined with the IP address, the IP

subnet mask allows a device to know which other addresses are local to it, and which must be

reached through a gateway or router.

• RIP Direction. RIP allows a router to exchange routing information with other routers. The

RIP Direction selection controls how the router sends and receives RIP packets. Both is the

default.

– When set to Both or Out Only, the router broadcasts its routing table periodically.

– When set to Both or In Only, the router incorporates the RIP information that it receives.

– When set to None, the router does not send any RIP packets and ignores any RIP packets

received.

• RIP Version. This controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets sent by

the router. (It recognizes both formats when receiving.) The default setting is RIP-1.

– RIP-1 is universally supported. RIP-1 is usually adequate unless you have an unusual

network setup.

– RIP-2 carries more information. RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting.

Using the Router as a DHCP Server

By default, the router functions as a DHCP server, allowing it to assign IP, DNS server, and default

gateway addresses to all computers connected to the router’s LAN. The assigned default gateway

address is the LAN address of the router. The router assigns IP addresses to the attached computers

from a pool of addresses specified in this screen. Each pool address is tested before it is assigned to

avoid duplicate addresses on the LAN.

For most applications, the default DHCP and TCP/IP settings of the router are satisfactory. Click

the link to the online document “TCP/IP Networking Basics” in Appendix B for an explanation of

DHCP and information about how to assign IP addresses for your network.

Specify the pool of IP addresses to be assigned by setting the starting IP address and ending IP

address. These addresses should be part of the same IP address subnet as the router’s LAN IP

address. Using the default addressing scheme, you should define a range between 192.168.1.2 and

192.168.1.254, although you might wish to save part of the range for devices with fixed addresses.

Note: If you change the LAN IP address of the router while connected through the

browser, you will be disconnected. You must then open a new connection to the

new IP address and log in again.

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