PC Concepts Full-Rated Router ADSL2+ User Manual

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Bridging mode, or both modes simultaneously.

Get LAN Address: Provides options for how the device's LAN interface is assigned an IP

address:

Manual indicates that you will be assigning a static IP address, which you can enter in the

fields below.

External DHCP Server indicates that your ISP will be assigning an IP address from their

own DHCP servers, dynamically each time you log on.

Internal DHCP Server indicates that you have a DHCP server device on your network

that will assign an address to the port.

Speed/Duplex: Speed indicates the speed of the Ethernet communication between the

ADSL/Ethernet router and the LAN PCs or hub. Duplex indicates the type of Ethernet

communication (i.e., full duplex, or half-duplex). These settings are not user-configurable.

LAN IP Address and Network Mask: The IP address and network mask for the port.

IGMP: Indicates whether this interface is enabled with the Internet Group Management

Protocol. When enabled, the ADSL/Ethernet router collects and consolidates requests from

the LAN PCs to receive IGMP messages from external computers. The interface also forwards

IGMP messages it receives on its WAN interface to the appropriate hosts. The WAN interface

must also be enabled for the IGMP protocol.

MTU: The Maximum Transmission Unit specifies the size in bytes of the largest Ethernet

packet that the interface will accept. Packets larger than this size will be dropped.

5.6.4 DSL

The DSL Status page displays current information on the DSL line performance. The page

refreshes according to the setting in the Refresh Rate drop-down list, which you can configure.