TP-Link TL-WR1042ND manual Dhcp Settings

TL-WR1042ND300Mbps Wireless N Gigabit Router

4.7DHCP

Figure 4-25 The DHCP menu

There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4-25): DHCP Settings, DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function.

4.7.1DHCP Settings

Choose menu “DHCP→DHCP Settings”, and then you can configure the DHCP Server on the page (shown in Figure 4-26).The 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 Router on the LAN.

Figure 4-26 DHCP Settings

¾DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must configure the computer manually.

¾Start IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.1.100 is the default start address.

¾End IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP addresses. 192.168.1.199 is the default end address.

¾Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of time a network user will

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