User's Manual

Chapter 3: Connections and setup
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Illustrationscontainedinthisdocumentareforrepresentationonly.
DHCP
ThispageallowsconfigurationandstatusoftheoptionalinternalDHCPserverfortheLAN.
YoucanactivatetheDHCPserverfunctionfortheLANonthispage,withthisfunctionactivated,
• yourcablecompany’sDHCPserverprovidesoneIPaddressforyourgateway,
• andyourgateway’sDHCPserverprovidesIPaddressestoyourPCs.ADHCPserverleasesanIP
addresswithanexpirationtimethatcanbeconfigured.
DHCPServer:Select"Yes"or"No"toenableordisableasimpleDHCPserverforLAN.
NumberofCPEs:ConfigurethehowmanyclientdevicecanbeconnectedtotheGateway.
LeaseTime:ConfiguretheIPaddressleasetimewith"Leasetime"forDHCPserver.Defaultvalueis
3600seconds.
DHCPClients:DisplaysthePC(clients)connectedandtherelatedDHCPleaseinformation.
ForceAvailable:YoucanforcetheDHCPservertoreleaseoneofthespecificIPaddressasavailableand
anewclientispossibletogetthatIPaddress,assignedbyDHCPserver.Youneedtoselectandthen
press"ForceAvailable".
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Fig.9:DHCPSettings
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