Configuration Guide
18.3
LAN Settings
Do you have a computer network?
LAN
Yes
Host name
No
Assign a name to the OpenCom.
Finished
Do you have a DHCP server in your network?
Activate the OpenCom
DHCP server.
Enter the Ethernet-IP configuration for the OpenCom.
Enter the address range of the client computers in your network.
Do you have a DNS server in your network?
DHCP
No
OpenCom
DHCP server
Yes
The OpenCom takes the settings from your DHCP server
Ask your network administrator for the address range for the RAS accesses. For this purpose, your administrator must reserve an IP address range for the RAS accesses.
IP address
Network mask
Gateway address
DHCP adresses
Domain name
Client computers are informed of this gateway address via DHCP as a gateway.
Enter the domain name. This name is transferred to the client computers as the domain via DHCP.
DNS
No
OpenCom as
DNS server
Yes
Specify the IP address of your internal DNS server under “Domain Name
Server”. This is transferred as the DNS server to the client computers via DHCP.
Register internal DNS
Specify the IP address of the OpenCom under “Domain Name Server”. This is transferred as the DNS server to the client computers via DHCP.
Enter the address range for the RAS accesses.
PPP addresses
Finished
Flowchart: Configuring LAN Settings
LAN Settings
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