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TL-WR840N 300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely needed here.  WAN MAC Address - This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port. If your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address into this field in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format (X is any hexadecimal digit).  Your PC's MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing the Router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the Clone MAC Address button and this MAC address will fill in the WAN MAC Address field. Click Restore Factory MAC to restore the MAC address of WAN port to the factory default value. Click the Save button to save your settings.  Note: Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone function. 4.5.3 LAN Choose menu "Network → LAN", you can configure the IP parameters of the LAN on the screen as below. Figure 4-13 LAN  MAC Address - The physical address of the Router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed.  IP Address - Enter the IP address of your Router or reset it in dotted-decimal notation (factory default: 192.168.0.1).  Subnet Mask - An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask.  Note: 1) If you change the IP Address of LAN, you must use the new IP Address to log in the Router. 2) If the new LAN IP Address you set is not in the same subnet, the IP Address pool of the DHCP server will change accordingly at the same time，while the Virtual Server and DMZ Host will not take effect until they are re-configured. - 30 -

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TL-WR840N
300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide
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Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely
needed here.
WAN MAC Address -
This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port. If your
ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address into
this field in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format (X is any hexadecimal digit).
Your PC's MAC Address -
This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing
the Router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the
Clone MAC Address
button
and this MAC address will fill in the
WAN MAC Address
field.
Click
Restore Factory MAC
to restore the MAC address of WAN port to the factory default
value.
Click the
Save
button to save your settings.
Note:
Only the PC on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone function.
4.5.3 LAN
Choose menu “
Network
→
LAN
”, you can configure the IP parameters of the LAN on the screen
as below.
Figure 4-13
LAN
MAC Address
-
The physical address of the Router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't
be changed.
IP Address -
Enter the IP address of your Router or reset it in dotted-decimal notation
(factory default: 192.168.0.1).
Subnet Mask -
An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally use
255.255.255.0 as the subnet mask.
Note:
1)
If you change the IP Address of LAN, you must use the new IP Address to log in the Router.
2)
If the new LAN IP Address you set is not in the same subnet, the IP Address pool of the DHCP
server will change accordingly at the same time
，
while the Virtual Server and DMZ Host will
not take effect until they are re-configured.