22 | Chapter 2. Installation and Basic Configuration
ProSafe Wireless-N Access Point WNAP320 Reference Manual
3. Click Apply to save your settings.
The wireless access point provides a built-in DHCP serve
r for wireless clients only, which can
be especially useful in small networks. When the DHCP server is enabled, the wireless
access point provides preconfigured TCP/IP configurations to all connected wireless stations.
To configure DHCP server settings:
1. Select Confi
guration > IP > DHCP Server Settings. The DHCP Server Settings screen
displays:
Figure 11.
IP Subnet Mask Enter the network number portion of an IP address. Unless you are
implementing subnetting, enter 255.255.0.0 as the subnet mask.
Default Gateway Enter the IP address of the ISP’s router
to which the wireless access point will
connect.
Primary DNS Server
Enter the IP address of the primary and secondary DNS servers.
A DNS server is a host on the Internet th
at translates Internet names (such as
www.netgear.com) to numeric IP addresses. Typically your ISP transfers the IP
address of one or two DNS servers to your wireless access point during login. If
the ISP does not transfer an address, you must obtain it from the ISP and enter it
manually in this field.
Secondary DNS Server
Network Integrity Check Select this check box to validate that the up
stream link is active before allowing
wireless associations. Ensure that the default gateway is configured.
Table 4. IP Settings (Continued)
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