TP-Link TL-WR740N manual Address Reservation, To Reserve an IP address

TL-WR740N

Wireless Lite N Router

¾Lease Time - The time of the DHCP client leased. After the dynamic IP address has expired, a new dynamic IP address will be automatically assigned to the user.

You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current attached devices, click the Refresh button.

4.7.3Address Reservation

Choose menu “DHCP → Address Reservation”, you can view and add a reserved address for clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 4-28).When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address each time when it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to the servers that require permanent IP settings.

Figure 4-28 Address Reservation

¾MAC Address - The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address.

¾Reserved IP Address - The IP address reserved for the PC by the Router.

¾Status - The status of this entry, either Enabled or Disabled.

To Reserve an IP address:

1.Click the Add New… button. Then Figure 4-29will pop-up.

2.Enter the MAC address (in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format.) and IP address (in dotted-decimal notation) of the computer for which you want to reserve an IP address.

3.Click the Save button.

Figure 4-29 Add or Modify an Address Reservation Entry

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