Patton electronic 3202 manual DHCP server, Subnet Mask Host Name SOHO

Model 3202 Getting Started Guide 4 • Web configuration

2.For Operation Mode, select the radio button for CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) or CO (Central Office). When the unit is connecting with an EFM DSLAM, select CPE as the operation mode. When using a “LAN to LAN” connection, one side must be set as CO and the other side must be set as CPE.

3.Enter information for the MGMT port. The Model 3202 requires an IP address to be managed over the network. The factory default IP address is 192.168.1.1. The subnet mask specifies the network number portion of an IP address. The factory default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0 . You can configure another IP address and a different subnet mask for management purposes.

–IP: 192.168.1.1

–Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

–Host Name: SOHO

Some ISP providers require the Host Name as identification. You may check with your ISP to see if your Internet service has been configured with a host name. In most cases, you can ignore this field.

4.Select an option for Trigger DHCP Service. If you don't need the DHCP service, select Disable.

5.Click Next to commit your changes and continue to the DHCP Server page (see “DHCP server” on page 36).

DHCP server

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a communication protocol that allows network adminis- trators to manage and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP) addresses in an organization's net- work. Each machine that can connect to the Internet needs a unique IP address. When an organization sets up the users with a connection to the Internet, an IP address must be assigned to each machine.

Without DHCP, the IP address must be entered manually at each computer. If computers move to another location in another part of the network, a new IP address must be entered. DHCP lets a network administrator supervise and distribute IP addresses from a central point and automatically sends a new IP address when a computer is plugged into a different place in the network. The embedded DHCP server assigns network con- figuration information to 253 users (max) accessing the Internet in the same time. For example, if the LAN IP address is 192.168.0.1, the IP range of the LAN is 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.254.

To set up the DHCP Server for the Model 3202:

1.Click on Basic from the main menu, set up the Operation Mode and MGMT port, then click Next to reach the DHCP Server page.

2.The DHCP server assigns the IP from the Start IP Address to the End IP Address. The legal IP address range is from 0 to 255, but 0 is reserved as the network name and 255 is reserved for broadcast. This implies that the legal IP address range is from 1 to 254. That means you cannot assign an IP greater than 254 or less than 1.

3.A Lease Time of 72 hours indicates that the DHCP server will reassign IP information every 72 hours., which is the default value for the Model 3202. You can set up the Lease Time for a range from 1 to 720 hours according to your application.

4.If you assign a fixed IP address to a device while using DHCP, you must enter the device's MAC address in the Table of Fixed DHCP Host Entries.

Basic Configuration Options 36