2.3 LAN

The LAN Port screen below allows you to specify a private IP address for your router’s LAN ports as well as a subnet mask for your LAN segment.

 

Parameter

 

Description

 

IP address

 

This is the router’s LAN port IP address (Your LAN clients default gateway IP

 

 

address)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IP Subnet Mask

Specify a Subnet Mask for your LAN segment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can enable or disable the DHCP server. By enabling the DHCP server the

 

DHCP Server Status

 

router will automatically give your LAN clients an IP address. If the DHCP is not

 

 

enabled then you’ll have to manually set your LAN client’s IP addresses; make

 

 

 

sure the LAN Client is in the same subnet as this broadband router if you want

 

 

 

the router to be your LAN client’s default gateway

 

IP Address Pool

 

You can select a particular IP address range for your DHCP server to issue IP

 

 

addresses to your LAN Clients.

 

 

 

 

WINS Server

 

You can specify the WINS server to assign to DHCP clients.

 

 

 

 

 

Provide Real DNS

 

When check this box, DHCP server will provide WAN DNS server to DHCP

 

Server

 

clients. Otherwise, DHCP server will provide itself as the DNS server.

 

Domain from upper

 

Enable this to assign the domain name from WAN connection.

 

DHCP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Static DHCP leases

 

Static DHCP leases is for user to statically associate an IP address to a

 

 

specific MAC address.

 

 

 

 

Dynamic DHCP Client

 

Dynamic DHCP Client List shows all IP addresses already assigned and the

 

List

corresponding LAN PC hostname and their MAC addresses.

Click <Apply> at the bottom of the screen to save the above configurations. You can now configure other advance sections or start using the router (with the advance settings in place)

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