P-2302HW/HWL-P1 Series User’s Guide

Figure 59 Network > LAN > DHCP Setup

Each field is described in the following table.

Table 49 Network > LAN > DHCP Setup

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

DHCP Setup

 

 

 

Enable DHCP

Select this if you want the ZyXEL Device to be the DHCP server on the LAN. As a

Server

DHCP server, the ZyXEL Device assigns IP addresses to DHCP clients on the

 

LAN and provides the subnet mask and DNS server information.

IP Pool Starting

Enter the IP address from which the ZyXEL Device begins allocating IP addresses,

Address

if you have not specified an IP address for this computer in Network > LAN >

 

Static DHCP.

Pool Size

Enter the number of IP addresses to allocate. This number must be at least one

 

and is limited by a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 (regardless of the subnet the

 

ZyXEL Device is in). For example, if the IP Pool Start Address is 10.10.10.10, the

 

ZyXEL Device can allocate up to 10.10.10.254, or 245 IP addresses.

DNS Server

 

 

 

First DNS Server

Specify the IP addresses of a maximum of three DNS servers that the network can

Second DNS

use. The ZyXEL Device provides these IP addresses to DHCP clients. You can

specify these IP addresses two ways.

Server

From ISP - provide the DNS servers provided by the ISP on the WAN port.

Third DNS Server

 

User Defined - enter a static IP address.

 

DNS Relay - this setting will relay DNS information from the DNS server obtained

 

by the ZyXEL Device.

 

None - no DNS service will be provided by the ZyXEL Device.

 

 

Apply

Click this to save your changes and to apply them to the ZyXEL Device.

 

 

Cancel

Click this to set every field in this screen to its last-saved value.

 

 

7.2.3 LAN Static DHCP Screen

Note: This screen has no effect if the DHCP server is not enabled. You can enable it in Network > LAN > DHCP Setup.

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