Prestige 641 ADSL Internet Access Router
3.4TCP/IP Ethernet Setup and DHCP
You will now use Menu 3.2 to configure your Prestige for TCP/IP.
To edit Menu 3.2, enter 3 to open the Menu 3 - Ethernet Setup from the Main Menu. When Menu 3 appears, select the submenu option TCP/IP and DHCP Setup and press [Enter]. The screen now displays
Menu 3.2 - TCP/IP and DHCP Ethernet Setup, as shown next.
Menu 3.2 - TCP/IP and DHCP Ethernet Setup
DHCP Setup:
DHCP= Server
Client IP Pool Starting Address= 192.168.1.33
Size of Client IP Pool= 32
Primary DNS Server= 0.0.0.0
Secondary DNS Server= 0.0.0.0
Remote DHCP Server= N/A
TCP/IP Setup:
IP Address= 192.68.1.1
IP Subnet Mask= 255.255.255.0
RIP Direction= Both
Version=
Enter here to CONFIRM or ESC to CANCEL: Press Space Bar to Toggle.
First address in the IP Pool
Size of the IP Pool
IP addresses of the DNS servers
Figure 3-2 Menu 3.2 – TCP/IP and DHCP Ethernet Setup
Follow the instructions in the following table on how to configure the DHCP fields.
Table 3-1 DHCP Ethernet Setup Menu Fields
Field | Description | Example |
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DHCP Setup |
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DHCP= | This field enables/disables the DHCP server/relay. If it is set to | None |
| Server, your Prestige will act as a DHCP server. If set to None, | Server (default) |
| the DHCP server will be disabled. If set to Relay, the Prestige | |
| Relay | |
| acts as a surrogate DHCP server and relays DHCP requests | |
| and responses between the remote server and the clients. |
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| When DHCP is used, the following items need to be set: |
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Client IP Pool Starting | This field specifies the first of the contiguous addresses in the | 192.168.1.33 |
Address | IP address pool. |
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Size of Client IP Pool | This field specifies the size, or count, of the IP address pool. | 32 |
Primary DNS Server | Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS servers |
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Secondary DNS | are passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and |
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the subnet mask. |
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Server |
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Remote DHCP | If Relay is selected in the DHCP= field above, then enter the IP |
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Server | address of the actual, remote DHCP server here. |
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Internet Access |