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DNS Server Address Assignment
Use DNS (Domain Name System) to map a domain name to its cor-
responding IP address and vice versa. For instance, the IP address of
a web site with an URL of www.anycompany.com could be 192.168.3.1.
The DNS server is extremely important because without it, you must
know the IP address of a computer before you can access it.
There are two ways that an ISP disseminates
the DNS server addresses.
1. The ISP tells you the DNS server addresses, usually in the
form of an information sheet, when you sign up. If your ISP
gives you DNS server addresses, enter them in the DNS
Server fi elds in DHCP Setup.
2. Leave the DNS Server fi elds in DHCP Setup blank
(for example 0.0.0.0). The WR1500 Access Point acts as a
DNS proxy when this fi eld is blank.
WAN MAC Address
Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control)
address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of
six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02.
You can confi gure the WAN port’s MAC address by either using the
factory default or cloning the MAC address from a workstation on your
LAN. Once it is successfully confi gured, the address will be copied to the
“rom” fi le (factory confi guration fi le). It will not change unless you change
the setting or upload a different “rom” fi le.
ParkerVision recommends you clone the MAC address from a work-
station on your LAN even if your ISP does not require MAC address
authentication.
Your WR1500 Wireless Router WAN port is always set at half-duplex
mode as most cable/DSL modems only support half-duplex mode. Make
sure your modem is in half-duplex mode. Your WR1500 Wireless Router
supports full duplex mode on the LAN side.
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