User`s manual

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Use the Router for DHCP
To use the built-in DHCP server, click to select the DHCP Server Enabled option if it is not
already selected. The IP Address Pool settings can be adjusted. The Start IP address is the
lowest available IP address (default = 192.168.1.100). If you change the IP address of the router
this will change automatically to be 1 more that the IP address of the router.
The End IP address is the highest IP address number in the pool. Type in the Lease Time in the
entry field provided. This is the amount of time in seconds that a workstation is allowed to
reserve an IP address in the pool if the workstation is disconnected from the network or powered
off.
Disable the DHCP Server
To disable DHCP, click to select the Disabled option and click on the Apply button. Choosing
this option requires that workstations on the local network must be configured manually or use
another DHCP server to obtain IP settings.
If you configure IP settings manually, make sure to use IP addresses in the subnet of the router.
You will need to use the router’s IP address as the Default Gateway for the workstation in order
to provide Internet access.
NOTE: To manually configure IP
settings on Windows workstations,
open the TCP/IP Properties menu
and select the “Use the following IP
address” option. You will need to
supply the computer IP address,
Subnet mask and Default gateway
(usually the IP address of router).
Static IP Address with DHCP
If the router has the DHCP server enabled it is possible to permanently assign IP addresses to
workstations specified by their MAC address. Up to five IP addresses may be assigned to five
different devices. This will take the chosen IP address used out of the available addresses in the
dynamic IP address pool and give a permanent lease time for the IP address to the selected
device.
To assign an IP address that will not age out, type in the MAC Address of the device and its
static IP Address in the spaces provided. Use the format: 00-00-00-00-00-00 for the MAC
address and the standard format: 192.168.1.xxx for the IP address. A Static DHCP Client List
will appear below the DHCP Client list with any clients that have been configured for static IP
address assignment.