Prestige 334W User’s Guide

19.3 DHCP Table Screen

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 Prestige as a DHCP server or disable it. When configured as a server, the Prestige provides the TCP/IP configuration for the clients. If set to None, DHCP service will be disabled and you must have another DHCP server on your LAN, or else the computer must be manually configured.

Click MAINTENANCE, and then the DHCP Table tab. Read-only information here relates to your DHCP status. The DHCP table shows current DHCP Client information (including IP Address, Host Name and MAC Address) of all network clients using the DHCP server.

Figure 19-3 Maintenance DHCP Table

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

 

Table 19-3 Maintenance DHCP Table

 

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

#

This is the index number of the host computer.

 

 

IP Address

This field displays the IP address relative to the # field listed above.

 

 

Host Name

This field displays the computer host name.

 

 

MAC Address

This field shows the MAC address of the computer with the name in the Host Name

 

field.

 

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.

 

 

Reserve

Select this check box to have the Prestige always assign this IP address to this MAC

 

address (and host name).

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to have the MAC address and IP address also display in the LAN Static

 

DHCP screen (where you can edit them).

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Maintenance