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6.4.4
Configuring the DHCP server
Basically, two starting points are possible when the devices are configured
as a DHCP server:
You have not yet configured a network or your existing local network
does not use TCP/IP. The DHCP server in your new ELSA device lets you
assign IP addresses to all of the computers in the network and to the
router in a single operation.
You are already using TCP/IP but without a DHCP server, and you would
now like to convert to DHCP operation.
Configuration using
ELSA LANconfig
and the wizards
The
ELSA LANconfig
includes a wizard to help you with the required settings:
햲
Connect the unconfigured device to your local network using a network
cable. If you are connecting the device to a hub, the node/hub switch
must be set to 'Node'. If you are connecting the router directly to the
network adapter of a computer in your network, set the switch to the
'Hub' position.
햳
Switch the device on. It will not find any other DHCP servers in the
network and will thus enable its own DHCP functions.
햴
If you have not done so already, install the TCP/IP protocol on all
computers in the LAN.
Usually when the protocol is installed, the default configuration is
such that the computers are automatically ready to obtain the IP
address from a DHCP server. After rebooting at the end of the
protocol installation, the computers automatically request an IP
address from the DHCP server.
If the protocol is already installed, enable the DHCP function on all of
the computers in the local network. Under Windows 95, for example,
this is done by selecting
Start
Settings
Control Panel
Network
to open the window for configuring network properties.
Double-click the entry for the 'TCP/IP' protocol.
Enable the 'Obtain an IP address from a DHCP server' option. Switch
over to the 'DNS' tab and delete all of the existing DNS addresses.
Next, delete any entries under the 'Gateway' tab and click
OK
to
close all the windows. This change will require a reboot, after which
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