Chapter 8 LAN Setup

 

Table 31 DHCP Setup

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

IP Pool Starting

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

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

Pool Size

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

 

 

 

 

Remote DHCP

If Relay is selected in the DHCP field above then enter the IP address of the

 

Server

actual remote DHCP server here.

 

 

 

 

DNS Server

 

 

 

 

 

DNS Servers

The ZyXEL Device passes a DNS (Domain Name System) server IP address to

 

Assigned by DHCP

the DHCP clients.

 

Server

 

 

 

 

 

First DNS Server

Select Obtained From ISP if your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server

 

Second DNS Server

information (and the ZyXEL Device's WAN IP address).

 

Third DNS Server

Select User-Definedif you have the IP address of a DNS server. Enter the

 

 

DNS server's IP address in the field to the right. If you chose User-Defined, but

 

 

leave the IP address set to 0.0.0.0, User-Definedchanges to None after you

 

 

click Apply. If you set a second choice to User-Defined, and enter the same IP

 

 

address, the second User-Definedchanges to None after you click Apply.

 

 

Select DNS Relay to have the ZyXEL Device act as a DNS proxy only when the

 

 

ISP uses IPCP DNS server extensions. The ZyXEL Device's LAN IP address

 

 

displays in the field to the right (read-only). The ZyXEL Device tells the DHCP

 

 

clients on the LAN that the ZyXEL Device itself is the DNS server. When a

 

 

computer on the LAN sends a DNS query to the ZyXEL Device, the ZyXEL

 

 

Device forwards the query to the real DNS server learned through IPCP and

 

 

relays the response back to the computer. You can only select DNS Relay for

 

 

one of the three servers; if you select DNS Relay for a second or third DNS

 

 

server, that choice changes to None after you click Apply.

 

 

Select None if you do not want to configure DNS servers. You must have

 

 

another DHCP sever on your LAN, or else the computers must have their DNS

 

 

server addresses manually configured. If you do not configure a DNS server,

 

 

you must know the IP address of a computer in order to access it.

 

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device.

 

 

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

8.6 LAN Client List

This table allows you to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers based on their MAC Addresses.

Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02.

Click Network > LAN > Client List to open the following screen. Use this screen to change your ZyXEL Device’s static DHCP settings.

 

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