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Configuring your WAN Media Access Controller MAC Address, Clone, Apply Changes, Enter - router connection problems

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Setting up your wireless router 21 Configuring your WAN Media Access Controller (MAC) Address All network components including cards, adapters, and routers, have a unique "serial number" called a MAC address. Your Internet Service Provider may record the MAC address of your computer's adapter and only let that particular computer connect to the Internet service. When you install the router, its own MAC address will be "seen" by the ISP and may cause the connection not to work. Dynex has provided the ability to clone (copy) the MAC address of the computer into the router. This MAC address, in turn, will be seen by the ISP's system as the original MAC address and will allow the connection to work. If you are not sure whether your ISP needs to see the original MAC address, simply clone the MAC address of the computer that was originally connected to the modem. Cloning the address will not cause any problems with your network. To clone your MAC Address: 1 Make sure that you are using the computer that was ORIGINALLY CONNECTED to your modem before the router was installed. Click 2 Click Clone, then click Apply Changes. Your MAC address is now cloned to the router. To enter a specific MAC Address: • Type in a MAC address in the spaces provided, then click Apply Changes to save the changes. The router's WAN MAC address is changed to the MAC address you specified. Using the Web-Based Advanced User Interface Using your Internet browser, you can access the router's Web-Based Advanced User Interface. Open your browser and enter 192.168.2.1 (do not type in anything else such as "http:// " or "www"), then press Enter. The router's home page opens in your browser window.

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Setting up your wireless router
21
Configuring your WAN Media Access Controller (MAC) Address
All network components including cards, adapters, and routers, have a unique “serial
number” called a MAC address. Your Internet Service Provider may record the MAC address of
your computer's adapter and only let that particular computer connect to the Internet
service. When you install the router, its own MAC address will be “seen” by the ISP and may
cause the connection not to work. Dynex has provided the ability to clone (copy) the MAC
address of the computer into the router. This MAC address, in turn, will be seen by the ISP's
system as the original MAC address and will allow the connection to work. If you are not sure
whether your ISP needs to see the original MAC address, simply clone the MAC address of the
computer that was originally connected to the modem. Cloning the address will not cause
any problems with your network.
To clone your MAC Address:
1
Make sure that you are using the computer that was ORIGINALLY CONNECTED to your
modem before the router was installed. Click
2
Click
Clone
, then click
Apply Changes
. Your MAC address is now cloned to the router.
To enter a specific MAC Address:
•
Type in a MAC address in the spaces provided, then click
Apply Changes
to save the
changes. The router's WAN MAC address is changed to the MAC address you specified.
Using the Web-Based Advanced User Interface
Using your Internet browser, you can access the router's Web-Based Advanced User Interface.
Open your browser and enter
192.168.2.1
(do not type in anything else such as “http://
” or “www”), then press
Enter
. The router's home page opens in your browser window.