Westell Technologies 7400, 7401 manual Dhcp Configuration, Diagnostic Log, DNS Configuration Screen

User Guide UltraLine Home DSL Router (Models 7400, 7401)

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 Router
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.

030-300381 Rev. A 141 January 2004