Chapter 6

RX3141 User’s Manual

Figure 6.1. DHCP Server Configuration Page

2.Enter the information for the IP Address Pool (Begin/End Address), Subnet Mask, Lease Time and Default Gateway IP Address, fields; others, such as Primary/Secondary DNS Server IP Address and Primary/Secondary WINS Server IP Address are optional. However, it is recommended that you enter the primary DNS server IP address in the space provided. You may enter the LAN IP or your ISP’s DNS IP in the primary DNS Server IP Address field. Table 6.1 describes the DHCP configuration parameters in detail.

 

Table 6.1. DHCP Configuration Parameters

 

 

 

Field

Description

 

 

 

 

Enable

Check or uncheck this box to enable or disable DHCP server service for your

 

 

LAN.

 

 

 

IP Address Pool

Specify the lowest and highest addresses in the DHCP address pool.

Begin/End

 

 

 

 

 

Lease Time

The amount of time in seconds the assigned address will be used by a device

 

connected on the LAN.

 

 

 

Default Gateway IP

The address of the default gateway for computers that receive IP addresses

Address

from this pool. The default gateway is the device that the DHCP client

 

computers first contacted to communicate with the Internet. Typically, it is the

 

RX3141’s LAN port IP address.

 

 

 

Primary/Secondary

The IP address of the Domain Name System server to be used by computers

DNS Server IP

that receive IP addresses from this pool. The DNS server translates common

Address

Internet names that you type into your web browser into their equivalent

 

numeric IP addresses. Typically, the server(s) are located with your ISP.

 

However, you may enter LAN IP address of the RX3141 as it will serve as

 

DNS proxy for the LAN computers and forward the DNS request from the

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