DHCP: If you want to act, as a DHCP server and assigns private IP addresses to any requesting DHCP client, make sure DHCP is enabled. When enabled, it will provide an IP address, network mask, gateway address (The MISTRAL LAN ROUTER ISDN ’s private IP address), and DNS addresses to any workstations on the local area network that are configured as a DHCP client. Devices on your network that are configured with public IP addresses are not DHCP clients. Therefore, you need to assign their IP addresses, network mask, and default gateway’s IP address, primary and secondary DNS IP addresses manually.
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Step 3: Click Routing, Address Translation or Static DHCP if it is necessary to set these configurations. Otherwise click Apply to confirm the configuration and return to the main configuration screen.
3.2.8 The IP Routing Table
The IP Routing Table contains all the information that the MISTRAL LAN ROUTER ISDN needs to route an IP data packet. You can view the IP Routing Table by clicking on the Routing button at the bottom of the Advanced Internet Access Setup screen (described in the previous section). From this screen, you can also add new routing entries to the table. The following screen shows an example of the IP Routing Table.
An entry for a specific host or network may be added manually. An “S” in the Flags field indicates this “static route”. Other flag field entries are “H” for host, and “G” for gateway.
Follow the steps to add or to change the default route or add a static route:
Step 1: Click the Add button in the IP Routing Table screen to display the following screen:
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