ZyXEL Communications 642R Series manual Dhcp Ethernet Setup Menu Fields, Relay, IGMP-v1, IGMP-v2

Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router

Follow the instructions in the following table on how to configure the DHCP fields.

Table 3-2 DHCP Ethernet Setup Menu Fields

Field

Description

Example

DHCP Setup

DHCP=

Client IP Pool Starting

Address

Size of Client IP Pool

Primary DNS Server

Secondary DNS

Server

Remote DHCP

Server

If it is set to Server, your Prestige can assign IP addresses, an IP default gateway and DNS servers to Windows 95, Windows NT and other systems that support the DHCP client. If set to None, the DHCP server will be disabled. If set to Relay, the Prestige acts as a surrogate DHCP server and relays DHCP requests and responses between the remote server and the clients. Enter the IP address of the actual, remote DHCP server in the Remote DHCP Server in this case.

When DHCP is used, the following items need to be set:

This field specifies the first of the contiguous addresses in the IP address pool.

This field specifies the size, or count, of the IP address pool.

Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS servers are passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the subnet mask.

If Relay is selected in the DHCP= field above, then enter the IP address of the actual, remote DHCP server here.

None

Server (default)

Relay

192.168.1.33

32

Follow the instructions in the following table to configure TCP/IP parameters for the Ethernet port.

Table 3-3 TCP/IP Ethernet Setup Menu Fields

Field

Description

Example

TCP/IP Setup

IP Address Enter the (LAN) IP address of your Prestige in dotted decimal notation

IP Subnet Mask Your Prestige will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on the IP address that you assign. Unless you are implementing subnetting, use the subnet mask computed by the Prestige.

RIP Direction Press the space bar to select the RIP direction from Both/In Only/Out Only or None.

192.168.1.1

(default)

255.255.255.0

Both (default)

Version	Press the space bar to select the RIP version from RIP-1/RIP-	RIP-1(default)
	2B/RIP-2M.
Multicast	IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is a session-layer protocol	IGMP-v1
	used to establish membership in a Multicast group. The Prestige	IGMP-v2
	supports both IGMP version 1 (IGMP-v1) and IGMP-v2. Press the	None

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