Configuring Network Settings
Configuring a DHCP Server
By default, the NetDefend firewall operates as a DHCP (Dynamic Host
au
vices on your network with their network
Configuration Protocol) server. This allows the NetDefend firewall to
tomatically configure all the de
configuration details.
Note:
The DHCP server only serves computers that are configured to obtain an IP
address automatically. If a computer is not configured to obtain an IP address
automatically, it is recommended to assign it an IP address outside of the DHCP
address range. If you do assign it an IP address within the DHCP address range,
If you already have a DHCP server in your
instead o
HCP
server, since you cannot have two DHCP servers or relays on the same network
segment.
he Internet or via a VPN, instead of the
DHCP relay
mo
s information from the desired DHCP server to
the
the DHCP server will not assign this IP address to another computer.
internal network, and you want to use it
f the NetDefend DHCP server, you must disable the NetDefend D
If you want to use a DHCP server on t
NetDefend DHCP server, you can configure DHCP relay. When in
de, the NetDefend firewall relay
devices on your network.
Note:
You can perform DHCP reservation u
see
Using Network Objects
on page 129
sing network objects. For information,
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