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Configuring the Gigaset USB Adapter 54
Gigaset USB Adapter 54 / englisch / A31008-M1071-R101-1-7619 / configuration.fm / 04.12.2006
Renew IP Address
ì Click on Renew IP Address to connect your PC with a WLAN network.
The network adapter checks whether there is a DHCP server available within its radio
range whose settings are compatible with those of the active configuration profile.
If this is the case, the DHCP server responds to the query by assigning an IP address
that your PC can use to exchange data over the new network.
Release IP Address
ì Click on Release IP Address to deregister your PC from the current WLAN.
Your PC is deregistered at the DHCP server and is no longer available to the WLAN
connection partners. The DHCP server can assign the IP address allocated to your PC
to a new connection partner.
Network utilisation
The diagram in the lower section of the IP Settings tab shows the network utilisation
achieved between the connection partner and your PC.
Divided into data received and data sent, the actual transmission rates are shown and
compared with the theoretical transmission rate available on this WLAN. The
percentage values are updated continuously in the diagram.
IP Address Shows the Internet Protocol address with which your PC is
registered to the WLAN. As a rule the IP address is assigned to your
PC by the DHCP server coordinating the PC's access to a network, in
a WLAN for example the access point's DHCP server.
Host Name Computer name entered for your PC during installation of the
operating system.
MAC Address Shows the physical address of your network adapter.
Subnet Mask Shows the value of the subnet mask that defines address pools for
the IP-address:
For example, the value 255.255.255.0 shows that the network
address is formed by the first three blocks of the IP address. The last
block is for the PC address in this network. How many blocks of the
IP address are used for PC addressing depends on the size of the
network and hence the number of connected PCs.
DHCP Server Shows the IP address of the system which provides the DHCP server
for the automatic addressing and coordination of the connected
PCs.
Gateway Shows the IP address of the system that enables access to a superior
network, for example a connection to the Internet.