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The STB Vendor ID Screen

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Chapter 8 Home Networking Table 34 Network Setting > Home Networking > Additional Subnet (continued) LABEL DESCRIPTION IP Subnet Mask Enter the public IP subnet mask provided by your ISP. Offer Public IP by DHCP Select the checkbox to enable the Device to provide public IP addresses by DHCP server. Enable ARP Proxy Select the checkbox to enable the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) proxy. Apply Click Apply to save your changes. Cancel Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving. 8.6 The STB Vendor ID Screen Set Top Box (STB) devices with dynamic IP addresses sometimes don't renew their IP addresses before the lease time expires. This could lead to IP address conflicts if the STB continues to use an IP address that gets assigned to another device. Use this screen to view the Vendor IDs of connected STBs and the static DHCP entries that the Device automatically created for them when they requested IP addresses. Click Network Setting > Home Networking > STB Vendor ID to open this screen. Figure 57 Network Setting > Home Networking > STB Vendor ID The following table describes the labels in this screen. Table 35 Network Setting > Home Networking > STB Vendor ID LABEL DESCRIPTION Add New STB Vendor Click this button to manually create an entry. Vendor ID This is an STB's Vendor Class Identifier (DHCP option 60). A Vendor Class Identifier is usually used to inform the DHCP server a DHCP client's vendor and functionality. DHCP Option This is the DHCP option 43 value the Device assigns to the STB. Apply Click Apply to save your changes. Cancel Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving. 8.6.1 The Add/Edit STB Vendor ID Screen Use this screen to configure an STB's Vendor Class Identifier (DHCP option 60). Click Network Setting > Home Networking > STB Vendor ID to open this screen. VMG1312-B Series User's Guide 136

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Chapter 8 Home Networking
VMG1312-B Series User’s Guide
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8.6
The STB Vendor ID Screen
Set Top Box (STB) devices with dynamic IP addresses sometimes don’t renew their IP addresses
before the lease time expires. This could lead to IP address conflicts if the STB continues to use an
IP address that gets assigned to another device. Use this screen to view the Vendor IDs of
connected STBs and the static DHCP entries that the Device automatically created for them when
they requested IP addresses.
Click
Network Setting
>
Home Networking
>
STB Vendor ID
to open this screen.
Figure 57
Network Setting > Home Networking > STB Vendor ID
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
8.6.1
The Add/Edit STB Vendor ID Screen
Use this screen to configure an STB’s Vendor Class Identifier (DHCP option 60).
Click
Network Setting
>
Home Networking
>
STB Vendor ID
to open this screen.
IP Subnet Mask
Enter the public IP subnet mask provided by your ISP.
Offer Public IP
by DHCP
Select the checkbox to enable the Device to provide public IP addresses by DHCP server.
Enable ARP
Proxy
Select the checkbox to enable the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol) proxy.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to exit this screen without saving.
Table 34
Network Setting > Home Networking > Additional Subnet (continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Table 35
Network Setting > Home Networking > STB Vendor ID
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Add New STB
Vendor
Click this button to manually create an entry.
Vendor ID
This is an STB’s Vendor Class Identifier (DHCP option 60). A Vendor Class Identifier is
usually used to inform the DHCP server a DHCP client’s vendor and functionality.
DHCP Option
This is the DHCP option 43 value the Device assigns to the STB.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes.
Cancel
Click
Cancel
to exit this screen without saving.