Advanced Settings — DHCP Server
The Wireless Gateway can act as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server for machines on your LAN. It is a way to use private addresses in the LAN when your ISP does not offer you enough globally legal IP addresses. This function is turned on by default when the Wireless Gateway is first shipped or a factory reset is carried out.
A DHCP server assigns IP addresses to stations on the LAN that are set up as DHCP clients. See your operating system manuals for instructions on setting up stations as DHCP clients. Each client will broadcast a request for configuration information upon
To view the Wireless Gateway's DHCP server settings, click DHCP Server in the command panel at the left edge of your browser window (if the command does not appea r there, click Advanced Settings at the top of the window first). The DHCP Server settings panel will appear. The controls in this panel are explained below.
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