TP-Link manual Dhcp, DHCP Settings, TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD, 54Mbps Wireless Router User Guide

TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD

54Mbps Wireless Router User Guide

4.6DHCP

Figure 3-24 The DHCP menu

There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 3-24):DHCP Settings, DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below.

4.6.1DHCP Settings

The router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PC(s) that are connected to the router on the LAN. The DHCP Server can be configured on the page (shown in Figure 3-25):

Figure 3-25 DHCP Settings

¾DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually configure the computer.

¾Start IP Address - This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.1.100 is the default start address.

¾End IP Address - This field specifies the last of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.1.199 is the default end address.

¾Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of time in which a network user will be allowed connection to the router with their current dynamic IP Address. Enter the amount of time, in minutes. The user will be "leased" this dynamic IP Address. The range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes.

¾Default Gateway - (Optional.) Suggest to input the IP address of the LAN port of the router, default value is 192.168.1.1

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