Chapter 4
Advanced Configuration
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10/100 4-Port VPN Router
DHCP > Setup
Setup
Enable DHCP Server
To use the Router as your network’s
DHCP server, select
Enable DHCP Server
. If you already
have a DHCP server on your network, remove the check
mark.
Dynamic IP
Client Lease Time
The Client Lease Time is the amount
of time a network user will be allowed connection to the
Router with their current dynamic IP address. Enter the
amount of time, in minutes, that the user will be “leased”
this dynamic IP address. The range is 5-43,200 minutes.
The default is
1440
minutes.
Dynamic IP Range Start/End
Enter a starting IP address
and ending IP address to create a range of available IP
addresses. The default range is
100-149
. (Make sure the
Router’s LAN IP address is not in this dynamic IP range.)
For example, if the Router uses the default LAN IP address,
192.168.1.1
, then the starting value must be 192.168.1.2
or greater.
Static IP
You can assign a static IP address to a specific device based
on its MAC address.
Show unknown MAC addresses
Click
Show unknown
MAC addresses
to view all devices’ IP addresses and
corresponding MAC addresses. The Unknown MAC
Addresses List appears.
Unknown MAC Addresses List
To add an IP address and MAC address set to the Static
IP list, select
Enable
, and then click
Apply
. To add all IP
addresses and MAC addresses to the Static IP list, click
Select All
.
To update the on-screen information, click
Refresh
. To exit
this screen and return to the
Setup
screen, click
Close
.
Static IP Address
Enter the static IP address. You can
enter 0.0.0.0 if you want the Router to assign a static IP
address to the device.
MAC Address
Enter the MAC address of the device.
Name
Enter a descriptive name for the device.
Enable
Select
Enable
to assign the static IP address to
this device.
Click
Add to List
, and configure as many entries as you
would like, up to a maximum of 100. To delete an entry,
select it and click
Delete selected Entry
.
Block MAC address on the list with wrong IP address
To
block traffic from devices with MAC addresses on the Static
IP list but using the wrong IP addresses, select this option.
It prevents users from changing device IP addresses
without your permission.
Block MAC address not on the list
To block traffic from
devices using dynamic IP addresses, select this option. It
blocks all devices with MAC addresses not listed on the
Static IP list.
DNS
DNS Server
You can assign DNS server(s) to the DHCP
clients so the Router will use the DNS server(s) for faster
access to functioning DNS server(s). Enter the IP address
of at least one DNS server.
WINS
WINS Server
Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS)
is a service that resolves NetBIOS names to IP addresses.
WINS is assigned if the computer (DHCP client) requests
one. If you do not know the IP address of the WINS server,
keep the default,
0.0.0.0
.
