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Note that the private network and the public network of the Residential Gateway should not be
overlapped. Otherwise, the Residential Gateway can not forward the packets to the correct
destination.
DHCP Server Setting
This section allows you to configure the DHCP server function of the
Residential Gateway. This function enables the Residential Gateway to assign IP addresses to the
hosts on the private network. Below is the description of the configuration parameters for this
function.
DHCP Server
－
Enable or disable the DHCP server function of the Residential Gateway.
DNS Proxy
－
Enable or disable the DNS proxy function of the Residential Gateway.
When it is enabled, the DHCP clients will regard the Residential Gateway as its DNS
server. And when it is disabled, the DHCP clients on the private network will use the
same DNS server on the public network as the Residential Gateway does.
Start IP Address
－
Specify an IP address from which the Residential Gateway will start
to assign the IP addresses to the DHCP clients on the private network.
Maximum Number of Users
－
Specify the maximum number of IP addresses which
the Residential Gateway can assign to the DHCP clients.
IP Address Range
－
A view-only field. It displays a range of contiguous IP addresses
which are determined by the
Start IP Address
field and the
Maximum Number of
Users
field. The IP addresses in this IP address range can be assigned by the
Residential Gateway to the DHCP clients on the private network.
Client Lease Time
－
This is a time period in which the DHCP clients can keep their IP
addresses since the last time in which they receive the DHCP acknowledgement packet
from the Residential Gateway.
IP-MAC Binding Allocation
&
IP-MAC Binding Access Reservation
－
Select
IP-MAC
Binding Allocation
for the Residential Gateway to assign IP addresses in the
IP Address
Range
field to the DHCP clients. Or select
IP-MAC Binding Allocation Reservation
for