42 CHAPTER 5: ROUTER CONFIGURATION
DHCP Clients List
The DHCP Clients List provides details on the devices that have received IP
addresses from the Router. The list is only created when the Router is set
up as a DHCP server. For each device that is connected to the LAN the
following information is displayed:
■IP address — The Internet Protocol (IP) address issued to the client
machine.
■Host Name — The client machine’s host name, if configured.
■MAC Address — The Media Access Control (MAC) address of the
client’s network card.
From this screen, you can do the following:
■In the table, check the Fix text box to permanently fix the IP address.
■In the table, click release to release the displayed IP address.
■Click New to allocate an IP address to a MAC address.
As you connect more devices, the client list will grow to a maximum
number of 253 clients.
Internet Settings Before you can configure the Router, you need to know the IP
information allocation method used by your ISP. There are five different
ways that ISPs can allocate IP information, as described below:
Dynamic IP Address (DSL or Cable)
Dynamic IP addressing (or DHCP) automatically assigns the Router IP
information. This method is popular with Cable providers. This method is
also used if your modem has a built in DHCP server.
PPPoE (DSL only)
If the installation instructions that accompany your modem ask you to
install a PPPoE client on your PC, then select this option. To configure the
Router you will need to know the following:
■Username
■Password
■Service Name (if required by your ISP)
■MTU (if supplied by your ISP)