Belkin F5D7231P Users Manual
Alternate Setup Method
3. Password
Type i n you r passw ord and ret ype i t i nt o the “Retyp e Pas sw ord”
box to co nfirm it.
4. User Decide Login Server Manually
If your l ogin server IP ad dres s is not availabl e in the “Select Your
State” drop-down menu (1), you m ay ma nually enter the lo gin
server IP addre ss by pl ac in g a chec k in the box next to “U se r
decide login server manuall y” an d type in the addre ss ne xt to
“Login Server” (5).
Setting Custom Domain Name Server (DNS) Settings
A “Domain Name Server” is a server located on the Internet that
translates Universal Resource Locater (URLs) like “www.belkin.com”
to IP addresses. Many Internet Service Providers (ISPs) do not require
you to enter this information into the Router. The “Automatic from ISP”
box (1) should be checked if your ISP did not give you a specific DNS
address. If you are using a static IP connection type, then you may
need to enter a specific DNS address and secondary DNS address for
your connection to work properly. If your connection type is dynamic
or PPPoE, it is likely that you do not have to enter a DNS address.
Leave the “Automatic from ISP” box checked. To enter the DNS address
settings, uncheck the “Automatic from ISP” box and enter your DNS
entries in the spaces provided. Click “Apply Changes” (2) to save
the settings.
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Configuring your WAN Media Access Controller
(MAC) Address
All network componen ts incl ud ing c ards , adapt er s, an d routers, have
a unique “serial number” called a MAC addres s. Your Internet Se rvice
Pro vider may reco rd the MAC a ddre ss of your comput er ’s adapter and
only let that particular compute r conne ct to the Inter net s er vice. When
you install the Router, its own M AC ad dres s wil l be “seen” by the
ISP and m ay ca use t he co nn ection not t o w or k. Be lk in ha s provided
the ability to clone (copy) the M AC ad dres s of the computer into the
Router. This MAC address, i n t ur n, will be se en by th e ISP’s sy stem as
the original MAC address an d w il l a ll ow th e con ne ct ion t o w or k. If you
are no t sure whether your ISP needs to s ee th e ori gi na l M AC ad dress,
simply clone the MAC addres s o f the comput er th at was origi na ll y
connecte d to the modem. Cloning the address will no t c au se an y
pro blems with y our n etwork.
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Cloning your MAC Address
To clo ne yo ur MAC address, make sure th at yo u are using the c omputer
that was ORIGINALLY CONNECTED to your m odem before th e Route r
was installed. Click the “Clone” button (1). Clic k “Appl y Cha ng es ” (3).
Your M AC ad dress is now cloned to t he Ro ut er.
Entering a Specific MAC Address
In certain circ umstances you may need a sp ec ific WAN MAC addre ss.
You ca n man ua ll y e nt er on e in the “MAC Address” page. Type in a
MAC address i n the spac es provided (2) and click “Apply Changes ” (3)
to save t he ch anges. The R outer’s WAN MA C a dd ress will now be
changed to the MAC ad dres s you spec if ie d.
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Using the Web-Based Advanced User Interface
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Using your Inter ne t b rowser, you can access the Router’s Web -B ased
Advanced User Interf ac e. In your browser, type “192.168.2 .1 ” ( do
not type in an ything else such as “h tt p://” o r “ ww w” ) t he n p ress the
“Enter” key.
You wi ll se e the Router ’s home pa ge in yo ur browser window.
Viewing the LAN Settings
Clicking on the header of the L AN ta b (1) will take you t o the LAN
tab’s hea de r p ag e. A quick descri pt ion o f the func ti on s c an be
found here. To view the settings or make c hanges to an y o f the LAN
settings , click on “LAN Settings ” (2) or to view t he li st of conn ec ted
computer s, clic k on “DHCP Client List” (3).
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Changing LAN Settings
All settings for the interna l LAN setup of the Router can be vi ewed
and changed here.
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1. IP Address
The “IP a ddre ss ” i s the internal IP ad dres s of the Router. The
default IP address i s “ 19 2. 168.2.1”. To a cc es s t he ad va nc ed
setup interface , typ e this IP address i nto t he ad dres s bar of your
bro wser. This addre ss ca n be chang ed if needed . To ch ange the
IP addre ss, t yp e i n the new IP address a nd cl ic k “ Ap pl y C ha nges”.
The IP ad dres s you choo se shou ld be a non-routable IP.
Examples of a non-ro utable IP are:
192.168. x. x (wh ere x is a ny thing between 0 a nd 25 5)
10.x.x.x (where x is an yt hi ng be tween 0 an d 255 )
2. Subnet Mask
There is no need to change the subnet mask. This is a un iq ue ,
advanced feature of your Be lkin Router. It i s p os si ble t o c ha ng e
the subnet mask if ne cessary, how ev er, d o NOT make changes to
the subnet mask unless you have a sp ec ific reas on to do so. The
default setting is “255.255 .2 55.0”.
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3. DHCP Server
The DHCP server function makes setting up a n etwork very easy
by assigning IP addresses t o e ac h c om pu ter o n t he netw or k
automati ca ll y. The default setting is “On”. The DHCP s erver
can be tu rned OFF if n ecessary, ho we ver, in order to do so yo u
must manually set a s tatic IP a dd re ss for each compute r on
your network. To t ur n off the DHCP server, sele ct “O ff” and click
“Apply Changes” .
4. IP Pool
The ran ge o f IP add resses set aside for dynamic ass ignment to the
com puters on your network. The default is 2 –100 (99 computers). If
you wan t to cha nge this number, you can do so by entering a new
sta rting and endin g IP add ress and clicking on “Apply Changes”.
The DHC P se rver can assign 100 IP addresses automatically. T his
mea ns t hat you cannot spec ify an I P ad dress pool la rger than 100
com puters. For exa mple, start ing at 5 0 me ans you have to end at
150 or lowe r so as not to exceed the 100-clien t limit. The starting
IP address must be lower in number t han the ending IP address.
5. Lease Time
The length of time th e D HC P s er ve r w il l reserve the IP address
for each computer. We reco mm en d t ha t y ou leav e the lease
time set to “F orev er ”. Th e def au lt se tt ing i s “ Fo reve r” , mea ni ng
that any time a c om pu ter i s a ss ig ned a n I P address by the
DHCP server, the IP a ddre ss wi ll no t chang e for that partic ul ar
computer. Setti ng le as e tim es fo r short er in te rv als s uch a s one
day or on e h ou r f rees IP addre sses after t he sp ecified period of
time. This also means that a pa rt icular computer’s I P add ress
may change over time. If y ou ha ve se t any of the other advanced
features of t he Ro ut er su ch as DMZ or client IP filters, these are
dependen t on the IP a ddre ss . F or th is reason, you will not want
the IP ad dres s to chang e.
6. Local Domain Name
The default setting is “Belkin”. You can set a local domain name
(network name) for your network. There is no need to change this
setting unless you have a specific advanced need to do so. You can
name the network anything you want such as “MY NETWORK”.
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