. To configure a Router, we must enter into Router's Configuration Page.
. Type 192.168.0.1 in browser and login to your router with Login name and Password.
1. Setting Primary and Secondary DNS, Default Gateway:
. Primary and Secondary DNS are the servers which helps to translate domain names into ip addresses.
. These are the databases which contains information about the domain name and its respective ip address.
. We need to set up those Primary and Secondary DNS as directed by ISP provider.
. Login to the router configuration and Click on "Manual Internet Connection Setup" at the bottom. Choose "Internet" in the left side.
. Now enter the Primary and Secondary DNS in their respective fields.
. Default Gateway allows to communicate devices from one network to another network.
. It serves as Gateways to pass the packets through it.
2. Setting up Wifi-name and Password:
. Setting up Wifi name and password to router allows wireless devices to connect to internet with secured credentials.
. To set up those, enter into router configuration page and Click on "Manual Wireless Connection Setup. Choose Wireless Settings in the left side.
. In this page, we can set up giving a Wireless Network Name and Password in the Pre-shared key.
3. Setting up IP pool and Lease Time:
. IP pool refers to number of IP addresses we allow to be used in the network.
. Lease time refers to time which a particular IP address is given to a device.
. After lease time expires, DHCP allocates a new IP address to the devices.
. Generally lease time is 7 days.
. We can set up lease time and IP pool in router configuration page.
. Connect to router page and click on "Network Settings" in the left side.
. Now we can set IP pool in DHCP IP Address range and lease time in DHCP Lease Time.
4. Setting a Static IP Address:
. Setting a Static IP Address refers to we are reserving that IP address to our device permanently through DHCP server.
. To set up, we need to login to router configuration page and click on "Manual Connectio Setup" and Choose "Network Settings" in the left side.
. Now scroll down and find "Add DHCP Reservation" tab.
. Enter the details of the device for which you want to setup static ip address. Click on Add/Update button.
