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08/ CONFIGURING

ADVANCED SETTINGS

Specify the following parameters:

• Name – select the network type.

• Destination - enter the destination IP of the destination

host, subnet address, network address, or default route.

The destination for a default route is 0.0.0.0.

• Netmask – enter the network mask. This is used in

conjunction with the destination to determine when a

route is used.

• Gateway – enter the IP address of your Gateway.

• Metric – enter a measurement preference of the route.

Typically, the lowest metric is the most preferred route.

If multiple routes exist to a speciﬁ c destination network,

the route with the lowest metric is used.

4. Click Apply to save changes.

8.4c/ IP ADDRESS DISTRIBUTION

You can easily add computers conﬁ gured as DHCP clients to the

network. The DHCP server provides a mechanism for allocating IP

addresses to these hosts and for delivering network conﬁ guration

parameters to the hosts.

For example, a client (host) sends a broadcast message on the network

requesting an IP address for itself. The DHCP server then checks its

list of available addresses and leases a local IP address to the host for

a speciﬁ c period of time and simultaneously designates this IP address