LevelOne WHG-1000 - Manual (Page 24)

WHG-1000 300Mbps Wireless PoE Hotspot Gateway
User's Manual
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4.1 Connect WHG-1000 to the external Network
4.1.1 Network Requirement
Basically, in general network environment, the main role of WHG-1000 is a Gateway. It manages all the network
from internal network to Internet.
Then, the first step is to prepare an Internet connection from your ISP and connect it to the WAN or WAN2 port of
WHG-1000.
4.1.2 Configure WAN Port
Here is instruction for how to setup the WAN. There are two WAN port can selected and configured. The connection
types for each WAN port : Static IP, Dynamic IP, PPPoE and PPTP, Please click on System -> WAN and follow the
below setting.
 Static IP : The administrator can manually setup the WAN IP address when static IP is available/ preferred.
 IP Address : The IP address of the WAN port.
 IP Netmask : The Subnet mask of the WAN port.
 IP Gateway : The IP address of the host router which resides on the external network and provides the
point of connection to the next hop towards the Internet. This can be a DSL modem, Cable modem, or a
WISP gateway router. WHG-1000 will direct all the packets to the gateway if the destination host is not
within the local network.
Gateway IP address should be from the same address space (on the same network segment) as the WHG-
1000's external network interface.