User`s manual

DCM-604 Cable Modem EMTA Gateway User’s Manual

With this function activated, your cable service provider’s DHCP server

provides one IP address for the DCM-604, and the DCM-604’s DHCP server

provides IP addresses, starting at the address you set in Starting Local

Address field, to your PCs. A DHCP server leases an IP address with an

expiration time.

To set the maximum number of PCs to which the DCM-604 will issue IP

addresses, enter it in the Number of CPEs box and then click Apply. (CPE is

another term sometimes used for PC.)

The table on the bottom of this page shows the information of DHCP clients

including the IP and MAC addresses of each PC. Since MAC addresses are

unique and permanently fixed into hardware, you can identify any PC listed by

its MAC address. The DCM-604 provides leases for 3600 seconds (default),

and has an automatic renewal mechanism that will keep extending a lease as

long as the associated PC remains active.

You can cancel an IP address lease by selecting it in the DHCP Client Lease

Info list and then clicking the Force Available button. If you do this, you may

have to perform a DHCP Renew on that PC, so it can obtain a new lease.

5.3.3 Backup

This page allows you to save your current settings locally on your PC, or restore

previously saved settings.

5.4 Advanced

The Advanced page allows you to enable/disable some advanced features of

the DCM-604.