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DHCP Server

15.1 Overview

DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131 and RFC 2132) allows individual clients to obtain TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a server. You can configure the Router’s LAN as a DHCP server or disable it. When configured as a server, the Router provides the TCP/IP configuration for the clients. If DHCP service is disabled, you must have another DHCP server on your LAN, or else the computer must be manually configured.

15.2What You Can Do

Use the General (Section 15.3 on page 135) screen to enable the DHCP server.

Use the Advanced (Section 15.4 on page 136) screen to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers based on their MAC Addresses.

15.3General Screen

Use this screen to enable the DHCP server. Click Network > DHCP Server. The following screen displays.

Figure 96 Network > DHCP Server > General

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 61 Network > DHCP Server > General

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Enable DHCP

Enable or Disable DHCP for LAN.

Server

 

 

 

IP Pool Starting

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

Address

 

 

 

 

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