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Wan setup for dhcp (cable modem) – Motorola VT2442 User Manual

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VT2442 Voice Gateway User Guide

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Overview

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Configuration: Basic Advanced TCP/IP

Wireless

WAN Setup for DHCP (Cable Modem)

Optional fields and buttons are:

Options

We recommend leaving the following selected:

NAT — Enables

Network Address Translation

Firewall — Enables the VT2442 firewall

Override MAC

If your cable or DSL provider associates a particular service to a specific device, such as your
computer, select this field and type that MAC address in the MAC field to use as a “virtual”

WAN

MAC address

instead of the VT2442 MAC address. By default, the MAC address printed

on the VT2442 is displayed in this field.

Restore

Restores the actual VT2442 MAC address.

Renew

Requests a new WAN IP address for your VT2442 from the

DHCP

server at Vonage.

Release

Releases the VT2442 WAN IP address.