TP-Link TD-W8980 DHCP Settings, N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide

TD-W8980

N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide

Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

4.6.1 DHCP Settings

Choose menu “DHCP Server”Æ“DHCP Settings”, you can configure the DHCP Server on the page as shown in Figure 4-24.The modem router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PC(s) that are connected to the modem router on the LAN.

Figure 4-24

¾Start IP Address: Enter a value for the DHCP server to start with when issuing IP addresses. Because the default IP address for the modem router is 192.168.1.1, the default Start IP Address is 192.168.1.100, and the Start IP Address must be 192.168.1.100 or greater, but smaller than 192.168.1.254.

¾End IP Address: Enter a value for the DHCP server to end with when issuing IP addresses. The End IP Address must be smaller than 192.168.1.254. The default End IP Address is 192.168.1.254.

¾Address Lease Time: The Leased Time is the amount of time in which a network user will be allowed connection to the modem router with their current dynamic IP address. Enter the amount of time, in hours, then the user will be “leased” this dynamic IP address. After the dynamic IP address has expired, the user will be automatically assigned a new dynamic IP address. The default is 24 hours.

¾Default Gateway - (Optional.) It is suggested to input the IP address of the LAN port of the modem router. The default value is 192.168.1.1.

¾Default Domain - (Optional.) Input the domain name of your network.

¾Primary DNS - (Optional.) Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP or consult your ISP.

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