Billion 5100 Guía Del Usuario

 

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Where you obtain your network number depends on your particular situation. If the ISP or your 

network administrator assigns you a block of registered IP addresses, follow their instructions 

in selecting the IP addresses and the subnet mask. 

If the ISP did not explicitly give you an IP network number, then most likely you have a single 

user account and the ISP will assign you a dynamic IP address when the connection is 

established. If this is the case, it is recommended that you select a network number from 

192.168.0.0 to 192.168.255.0 and you must enable the Network Address Translation (NAT) 

feature of the BIPAC-5100/5100W. The Internet Assigned Number Authority (IANA) reserved 

this block of addresses specifically for private use; please do not use any other number unless 

you are told otherwise. Let's say you select 192.168.1.0 as the network number; which covers 

254 individual addresses, from 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.254 (zero and 255 are reserved). In 

other words, the first three numbers specify the network number while the last number 

identifies an individual computer on that network. 

Once you have decided on the network number, pick an IP address that is easy to remember, 

for instance, 192.168.1.254, for your BIPAC-5100/5100W, but make sure that no other device 

on your network is using that IP address. 

The subnet mask specifies the network number portion of an IP address. Your 

BIPAC-5100/5100W will compute the subnet mask automatically based on the IP address that 

you entered. You don't need to change the subnet mask computed by the BIPAC-5100/5100W 

unless you are instructed to do otherwise. 

A static IP is a fixed IP that your ISP gives you. A dynamic IP is not fixed; the ISP assigns you a 

different one each time. The Single User Account feature can be enabled or disabled if you 

have either a dynamic or static IP. However the encapsulation method assigned influences 

your choices for IP address and ENET ENCAP Gateway. 

If you have a dynamic IP, then the IP Address and ENET ENCAP Gateway fields are not 

applicable (N/A). If you have a static IP, then you only need to fill in the IP Address field and not 

the ENET ENCAP Gateway field. 

In this case the IP Address Assignment must be static with the same requirements for the IP 

Address and ENET ENCAP Gateway fields as stated above. 

In this case you can have either a static or dynamic IP. For a static IP you must fill in all the IP 

Address and ENET ENCAP Gateway fields as supplied by your ISP. However for a dynamic IP, 

the BIPAC-5100/5100W acts as a DHCP client on the WAN port and so the IP Address and