Innoband 8860-C1, User Manual

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Chapter 4: Configuration 34
DHCP Server
The DHCP protocol allows your gateway to dynamically assign IP addresses to PCs on your network if they
are configured to obtain IP addresses automatically.
To disable the gateway’s DHCP Server, check Disabled and click Next and then Apply. When the DHCP
Server is disabled you will need to manually assign a fixed IP address to each PC on your network, and set
the default gateway for each PCs to the IP address of the gateway (by default this is 192.168.1.1).
To configure the gateway’s DHCP Server, check DHCP Server and click Next . You can then configure the
parameters of the DHCP Server including the IP pool (starting and ending IP addresses to be allocated to
PCs in your network), lease time for each assigned IP address (the period of time the IP address will be
valid), DNS IP address and the gateway IP address. These details are sent to the DHCP client (i.e. your
PC) when it requests an IP address from the DHCP server. Click
Apply to enable this function. If you check
“ Use Gateway as a DNS Server ,” the ADSL Gateway will perform the domain name lookup, find the IP
address from the outside network automatically and forward it back to the requesting PC in the LAN (your
Local Area Network).
If DHCP Relay Agent is chosen, you will have to enter the IP address of the DHCP server that will assign
an IP address back to the client in the local area network. Use this function only if you are advised to do so
by your network administrator or service provider.