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Wireless-G Router WGR614v10 Reference Manual

Configuring Basic Connectivity 1-8

v1.0, February 2010

• Internet IP Address. Determines how your router obtains an IP address for Internet access.

– If your ISP assigns an IP address dynamically (by DHCP), select Get Dynamically From

ISP.

– If your ISP has assigned you a permanent, fixed (static) IP address for your computer,

select Use Static IP Address. Enter the IP address that your ISP assigned. Also, enter the

subnet mask and the gateway IP address. The gateway is the ISP’s router to which your

router will connect.

• Domain Name Server (DNS) Address. If you know that your ISP does not automatically

transmit DNS addresses to the router during login, select Use These DNS Servers, 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. This section determines the Ethernet MAC address that the router will

use on the Internet port. Typically, you would leave Use Default Address selected. However,

some ISPs (especially cable modem providers) register the Ethernet MAC address of the

network interface card in your computer when your account is first opened. They then accept

only traffic from the MAC address of that computer. This feature allows your router to

masquerade as that computer by “cloning” or “spoofing” its MAC address.

To change the MAC address, select one of the following methods:

– Select Use Computer MAC Address. The router will then 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.

– Select Use This MAC Address, and type it in here.

Note: If you enter or change a DNS address, restart the computers on your

network so that these settings take effect.

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