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If the DHCP ser ver i s en able d, you have to a ssig n a va lid r ange of I P
addre sses . Fil l in t he “ Star ting Addr ess”, “Ran ge”, “ Subne t Ma sk”,
“Gatew ay”, a nd “D NS” f ield s; th en t he Pr int S erve r wil l as sign a
uniqu e IP a ddre ss to eac h DHC P cli ent. Howev er, th e Pri nt S erve r
itsel f wil l get an I P add ress from the exte rnal DHCP ser ver o r use
the co nfig ured stat ic IP addr ess, if t he Pr int S erve r is conf igur ed fo r
eithe r of t hese two optio ns a s des crib ed in the “IP S etti ngs” sect ion
above. Othe rwi se, t he in tern al DH CP se rver will ass ign t he fi rst IP
addre ss to itse lf if no e xter nal D HCP s erve r is foun d and the Print
Serve r is not s et up to u se a stati c IP.
There is a nothe r op tion calle d “Au to” fo r the inte rnal DHC P ser ver.
“Auto” means tha t the Prin t Ser ver will firs t sea rch for a nd de tect
DHCP s erve rs w ithin the netw ork a utoma tica lly. I f a D HCP s erve r
exists on t he ne twor k, th e in terna l DHC P se rver will stay idle
(disa bled ) and woul d not res pond back to DH CP r eque sts t hat i t
recei ves f rom c lien ts. I f a D HCP s erve r doe sn’t exis t on the n etwo rk,
the Pr int S erve r wil l tu rn on its own i ntern al D HCP s erve r and ass ign
IP add ress es to clie nts. In t his c ase, the i nter nal D HCP serv er wi ll
also a ssig n the fir st IP addr ess to it self only if th e Pr int S erve r is not
set fo r a s tatic IP a s de scrib ed i n the “IP Sett ings” sec tion above , as
stati c IP t akes prec eden ce. F ill i n th e “St arti ng Ad dres s”, “R ange ”,
“Subn et Ma sk”, “ Gatew ay”, a nd “D NS” field s; t hen t he Pr int S erve r
will a ssig n a u nique IP t o eac h DHC P cl ient.
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