This table describes the parameters that can be modified in DHCP Server Setup.
Parameters | Description |
The fields DHCP Start IP Address and DHCP End IP Address fields allow you to |
define the range of IP addresses from which the DHCP Server can assign an IP address to the LAN.
DHCP Start IP Address |
| This is the first IP address that the DHCP server will | |
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| assign and should belong to the same subnet as |
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| the router. For example if the router IP address is |
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| 192.168.168.1 and the network mask is |
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| 192.168.168.1 and 255.255.255.0, the DHCP Start IP |
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| Address should be 192.168.168.X, where X can be |
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| any number from 2 to 254. It is |
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| 192.168.168.100. |
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DHCP End IP Address |
| This is the last IP address that the DHCP server can | |
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| assign and should also belong to the same subnet |
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| as your router. For example if the router IP address |
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| is 192.168.168.1 and the network mask is |
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| 192.168.168.1 and 255.255.255.0, the DHCP End IP |
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| Address should be 192.168.168.X, where X can be |
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| any number from 2 to 254. It is |
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| 192.168.168.254. |
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DHCP | Gateway | IP | Though the DHCP server usually also acts as the |
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| Default Gateway of the DHCP client, the router |
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| allows you to define a different Gateway IP |
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| Address which will be allocated as the Default |
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| Gateway IP of the DHCP client. The DHCP client |
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| will thus receive its dynamic IP address from the |
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| router but will access to the Internet or the other |
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| LAN through the Default Gateway defined by the |
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| DHCP Gateway IP Address. |
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| For instance if the unit in Access Point Client mode |
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| connects to an Internet gateway X, a PC wired to |
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| the unit will be unable to obtain a dynamic IP |
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| address directly from X. But if you enable the |
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| DHCP server of the unit and set the IP address of X |
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| as the DHCP Gateway IP Address, the PC will |
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| obtain its IP address from the unit and access the |
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| Internet through X. |
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