TL-WR2543ND 450Mbps Dual-Band Wireless N Gigabit Router
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4.7 DHCP Figure 4-28 The DHCP menu
There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4-28), DHCP Settings,
DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to
configure the corresponding function.
4.7.1 DHCP Settings
Choose menu “DHCP → DHCP Settings”, you can configure the DHCP Server on the page as
shown in Figure 4-29.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 4-29 DHCP Settings
¾ DHCP 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.
¾ Start IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when assigning
IP addresses. 192.168.0.100 is the default start address.
¾ End IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning IP
addresses. 192.168.0.199 is the default end address.
¾ Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of time a network user will
be allowed connection to the Router with their current dynamic IP Address. Enter the