Chapter 10 DHCP Server
10.4 General Screen
Use this screen to enable the DHCP server. Click Network > DHCP Server. The following screen displays.
Figure 66 Network > DHCP Server > General
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 43 Network > DHCP Server > General
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Enable DHCP Server | Enable or Disable DHCP for LAN. |
| DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131 and RFC 2132) |
| allows individual clients (computers) to obtain TCP/IP configuration at |
| startup from a server. Leave the Enable DHCP Server check box selected |
| unless your ISP instructs you to do otherwise. Clear it to disable the NBG- |
| 417N acting as a DHCP server. When configured as a server, the |
| provides TCP/IP configuration for the clients. If not, DHCP service is disabled |
| and you must have another DHCP server on your LAN, or else the computers |
| must be manually configured. When set as a server, fill in the following four |
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IP Pool Starting | This field specifies the first of the contiguous addresses in the IP address |
Address | pool for LAN. |
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Pool Size | This field specifies the size, or count of the IP address pool for LAN. |
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Apply | Click Apply to save your changes back to the |
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Reset | Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh. |
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10.5 Advanced Screen
This screen allows you to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers based on their MAC addresses. You can also use this screen to configure the DNS server information that the
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