TP-Link TD-W8980 manual Address Reservation, To Reserve an IP address

TD-W8980N600 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit ADSL2+ Modem Router User Guide

4.6.3 Address Reservation

Choose menu “DHCP Server”Æ“Address Reservation”, you can view and add a reserved address for clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 4-26).When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address each time when it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to the servers that require permanent IP settings.

Figure 4-26

¾MAC Address: The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address.

¾IP Address: The IP address reserved for the PC by the modem router.

¾Status: The status of this entry either Enabled or Disabled.

To Reserve an IP address:

1.Click the Add New button. Then Figure 4-27will pop up.

2.Enter the MAC address (in XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX format.) and IP address (in dotted-decimal notation) of the computer for which you want to reserve an IP address.

3.Click the Save button.

Figure 4-27

To modify or delete an existing entry:

1.Click the Edit in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click the Delete.

2.Modify the information.

3.Click the Save button.

Click the Enable/Disable Selected button to make selected entries enabled/disabled.

Click the Delete Selected button to selected entries.

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