User guide

Advanced Network Configurations
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BOOTP and DHCP
When powered-up for the very first time, the Base Station will broadcast a
request for an IP address. If your network includes a BOOTP or DHCP server,
this server will automatically assign an available IP address to the Base Station.
Subject to the settings of your BOOTP or DHCP services, you may need to
introduce the Base Station MAC address to the BOOTP or DHCP server.
Consult the documentation of your BOOTP/DHCP software for more
information.
An IP address that is assigned by a DHCP server will be stored in the volatile
memory of the Base Station: i.e. if the Base Station is reset, the DHCP server
may assign another IP address. To obtain consistency in the IP address, it is
advised to assign a permanent IP address to the Base Station, using the Base
Station
IP Address field on the Base Station IP tab.
An IP address that is assigned by a BOOTP server is stored in the configuration
file of the BOOTP server. This configuration file has a one-to-one (static/fixed)
mapping from MAC address to IP address. If a BOOTP server is used and the
Base Station is reset, the IP address of the Base Station is the same as before the
reset.