Assigning static Internet information to your PCs
If you are a typical user, you will not need to assign static Internet information to your LAN PCs
because your ISP automatically assigns this information for you.
In some cases however, you may want to assign Internet information to some or all of your
PCs directly (often called “statically”), rather than allowing the Wireless Gateway to assign it.
This option may be desirable (but not required) if:
You have obtained one or more public IP addresses that you want to always associate
with specific computers (for example, if you are using a computer as a public web server).
You maintain different subnets on your LAN (subnets are described in Appendix B).
Before you begin, you must have the following information available:
The IP address and subnet mask of each PC
The IP address of the default gateway for your LAN. In most cases, this is the address
assigned to the LAN port on the Wireless Gateway. By default, the LAN port is assigned the IP
address 10.0.0.2. (You can change this number or another number can be assigned by your ISP.
See Addressing for more information.)
The IP address of your ISP’s Domain Name System (DNS) server.
On each PC to which you want to assign static information, follow the instructions relating only
to checking for and/or installing the IP protocol. Once it is installed, continue to follow the
instructions for displaying each of the Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) properties. Instead of enabling
dynamic assignment of the IP addresses for the computer, DNS server and default gateway,
click the radio buttons that enable you to enter the information manually.
Your PCs must have IP addresses that place them in the same
subnet as the Wireless Gateway’s LAN port. If you manually assign
IP information to all your LAN PCs, you can follow the instructions in
Addressing to change the LAN port IP address accordingly.
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