System information

1. CONFIGURATION OVER WEB BROWSER
1.7 DHCP status
Information on the activities of the DHCP server can be accessed by selecting the DHCP
status item.
DHCP status informs about activities DHCP server. The DHCP server provides automatic
configuration of devices connected to the network managed router. DHCP server assigns to
each device’s IP address, netmask, default gateway (IP address of router) and DNS server (IP
address of router).
For each configuration, the DHCP status window displays the following information.
Item Description
lease Assigned IP address
starts Time of assignation of IP address
ends Time of termination IP address validity
hardware ethernet Hardware MAC (unique) address
uid Unique ID
client-hostname Computer name
Table 13: DHCP status description
Figure 6: DHCP status
In the extreme, the DHCP status can display two records for one IP address. That could
have been caused by resetting of network cards.
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