TP-Link TL-WR840N manual To Reserve an IP address, 28 Address Reservation

TL-WR840N300Mbps Wireless N Router User Guide

4.7.3 Address Reservation

Choose menu “DHCP → Address Reservation”, you can view and add a reserved address for clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 4-28).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 4-28 Address Reservation

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

¾Reserved IP Address - The IP address reserved for the PC by the Router.

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

To Reserve an IP address:

1.Click the Add New… button. Then Figure 4-29will 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 4-29 Add or Modify an Address Reservation Entry

To modify or delete an existing entry:

1.Click the Modify 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 All button to make all entries enabled/disabled Click the Delete All button to delete all entries.

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