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EtherWave - WMR
6.0 Configuration
6.1.4.3 DHCP Server Configuration
There is a difference in how the DHCP Server operates based on
whether the EtherWave-WMR unit (Master) is configured to function
as a bridge or a router.
6.1.4.3.1 Bridge
The EtherWave-WMR Master may be configured to provide dynamic
host control protocol (DHCP) service to all attached (either wired or
wireless-connected) devices.
Configuration field descriptions are discussed in the following sec-
tion.
6.1.4.3.2 Router
An EtherWave-WMR Master may be configured to provide dynamic
host control protocol (DHCP) service for an entire LAN (or section
thereof). Recall that the LAN consists of wirelessly connected Ether-
Wave-WMR units and those IP addressable devices which are con-
nected to them. If this feature is to be utilized, it would be enabled
on the Master EtherWave-WMR unit, noting that such a DHCP
Server service must not be enabled on any other EtherWave-WMR
units or devices which reside on the same network segment.
With this service enabled on the Master, it can assign IP addresses
(as well as subnet mask and gateway) to the LAN radios and IP de-
vices attached to them provided they are set for DHCP as opposed
to static.
The DHCP Server may also be used to manage up to five MAC ad-
dress bindings. MAC address binding is employed when certain de-
vices are to be assigned specific IP addresses (effectively issuing
them a ‘static’ IP address). Such devices are identified by their
unique MAC address: the DHCP Server ensures that a specified IP
address is assigned to a specific MAC address (hence, device - ei-
ther an EtherWave-WMR or other IP-based device attached to the
LAN).
