User Guide

Westell (Models 6000, 6100, 6110)

DHCP Configuration

This screen contains the settings which control how the ADSL router interacts with the local devices connected to the router. Westell does not recommend that you change these settings. The following settings are displayed.

 

DHCP

DHCP Server

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is an Internet

 

standard that allows the ADSL router to automatically assign IP

 

addresses to devices connected on the LAN network. It is advised

 

that this is enabled for Private LAN.

DHCP Start Address (If DHCP is

This setting specifies the start of the IP address pool that the modem

enabled)

uses to assign IP addresses to local devices.

DHCP End Address (If DHCP is

This setting specifies the end address of the IP address pool used for

enabled)

automatic configuration of local devices.

DHCP Lease (If DHCP is enabled)

This setting specifies the DHCP lease time.

Diagnostic Log

 

Diagnostic Log

All

This option lists both the Connection and the System logs.

 

 

Connection

This option lists all events related to connection activity (any traffic on the USB,

 

Ethernet, or DSL ports).

System

This option lists all events related to system activity (time, errors, boot

 

information, etc.)

DNS Configuration

The Router has a built-in DNS server. The Router has a feature called "Dynamic DNS." When an IP address is assigned, the Router will interrogate the new device for a machine name using several well-known networking protocols. Any names learned will dynamically be added to the DNS server’s table of local hosts. A static host assignment is needed only if the new device does not support any of the well-known protocols. The following settings are displayed.

 

DNS Configuration Screen

Domain Name

The name of your network. This uses the internet standard for delineating

 

domain names.

Static Host Assignment

This table allows the creation and maintenance of manually configured DNS

 

entries.

Dynamic Host

This table shows the current list of devices that have automatically provided

Assignment

information.

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Westell Technologies 6110, 6000, 6100 manual Dhcp Configuration, Diagnostic Log, DNS Configuration Screen

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