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DHCP Server

• If Enabled, the Wireless Router will allocate IP Addresses to

PCs (DHCP clients) on your LAN when they start up. The

default (and recommended) value is Enabled.

• If you are already using a DHCP Server, this setting must be

Disabled, and the existing DHCP server must be re-

configured to treat the Wireless Router as the default Gate-

way. See the following section for further details.

• The Start IP Address, Finish IP Address and Lease Time

fields set the values used by the DHCP server when allocat-

ing IP Addresses to DHCP clients. This range also

determines the number of DHCP clients supported.

See the following section for further details on using DHCP.

DHCP

What DHCP Does

A DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Server allocates a valid IP address to a DHCP Client (PC or device)

upon request.

• The client request is made when the client device starts up (boots).

• The DHCP Server provides the Gateway and DNS addresses to the client, as well as allocating an IP Address.

• The Wireless Router can act as a DHCP server.

• Windows 95/98/ME and other non-Server versions of Windows will act as a DHCP client. This is the default

Windows setting for the TCP/IP network protocol. However, Windows uses the term Obtain an IP Address auto-

matically instead of "DHCP Client".

• You must NOT have two (2) or more DHCP Servers on the same LAN segment. (If your LAN does not have other

Routers, this means there must only be one (1) DHCP Server on your LAN.)

Using the Wireless Router's DHCP Server

This is the default setting. The DHCP Server settings are on the LAN screen. On this screen, you can:

• Enable or Disable the Wireless Router's DHCP Server function.

• Set the range of IP Addresses allocated to PCs by the DHCP Server function.

You can assign Fixed IP Addresses to some devices

while using DHCP, provided that the Fixed IP Addresses

are NOT within the range used by the DHCP Server.

Using another DHCP Server

You can only use one (1) DHCP Server per LAN segment. If you wish to use another DHCP Server, rather than the

Wireless Router's, the following procedure is required.

• Disable the DHCP Server feature in the Wireless Router. This setting is on the LAN screen.

• Configure the DHCP Server to provide the Wireless Router's IP Address as the Default Gateway.

To Configure your PCs to use DHCP

This is the default setting for TCP/IP for all non-Server versions of Windows.

See Chapter 4 - Client Configuration for the procedure to check these settings.

3.6 Mode Screen

Use this screen to change the mode between Router mode and Access Point mode.

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