Configuring DHCP services

Network configuration

 

 

3Select an interface.

You must configure the interface as a DHCP server before it can be selected.

4Select New to add an address scope.

5Configure the address scope.

Scope Name

Enter the address scope name.

IP Pool

Enter the starting IP and ending IP for the range of IP addresses that this

 

DHCP server assigns to DHCP clients.

Netmask

Enter the netmask that the DHCP server assigns to the DHCP clients.

Lease Duration

Enter the interval, in days, hours and minutes, after which a DHCP client

 

must ask the DHCP server for a new address.

 

If you select Unlimited, DHCP leases never expire.

Domain

Optionally enter in the domain that the DHCP server assigns to the DHCP

 

clients.

Default Route

Enter the default route to be assigned to DHCP clients. The default route

 

must be on the same subnet as the IP pool.

6Select Advanced if you want to configure Advanced Options.

DNS IP

Enter the addresses of up to 3 DNS servers that the DHCP server assigns

 

to the DHCP clients.

WINS Server IP Add the IP addresses of one or two WINS servers to be assigned to DHCP clients.

Exclusion Range Optionally enter up to 4 exclusion ranges of IP addresses within the IP pool that cannot be assigned to DHCP clients.

7Select OK.

Adding a reserve IP to a DHCP server

If you have configured an interface as a DHCP server, you can reserve an IP address for a particular device on the network according to the MAC address of the device. When you add the MAC address of a device and an IP address to the reserve IP list, the DHCP server always assigns this IP address to the device.

To add a reserve IP you must first select the interface and scope to which you want to add the reserve IP.

To add a reserve IP to a DHCP server

1Go to System > Network > DHCP.

2Select Reserve IP.

3Select an interface.

You must configure the interface as a DHCP server before you can select it.

4Select a scope.

You must configure an address scope for the interface before you can select it.

5Select New to add a reserved IP.

6Configure the reserved IP.

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