Planet Technology ADE-4000 user manual LAN Configuration, Dhcp Setting

ADE-4000 User Manual

LAN Configuration

The LAN IP and Subnet Mask of ADE-4000 are the values seen by the users on their internal network. The default IP is 10.0.0.2 for IP and 255.0.0.0 for Subnet Mask.

Figure 4-13:LAN Configuration

DHCP Setting

A DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Server automatically assigns IP address to each computer on your network. Unless you already have one, it is highly recommended that your router be set up as a DHCP server..

•System Allocated

The DHCP address pool is based on LAN port IP address plus 12 IP addresses. For example, the LAN IP address is 10.0.0.2; the DHCP address pool is at the range of 10.0.0.3 to 10.0.0.14.

•User Defined

The DHCP address pool is at the range of User Defined Start Address and User Defined End Address. Maximum IP pool size in ADE-4000 is 253.

IP address range: 255 total IP addresses – 1 broadcast address – 1 LAN port IP address.

•Lease time

The Lease time is the amount of time of a network user will be allowed to con- nect with DHCP server. If all fields are 0, the allocated IP addresses will be effective forever.

•User mode

Single User mode: DHCP server only allocates one IP address to local PC.

Multiple User mode: DHCP server allocates the IP addresses specified bye the DHCP address pool.

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