DG834N RangeMax NEXT Wireless ADSL2+ Modem Router Reference Manual
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Advanced Configuration
v1.0, April 2008
Use Router as DHCP Server
If another device on your network will be the DHCP server, or if you will manually configure the
network settings of all of your computers, clear the
Use router as DHCP server
check box.
Otherwise, leave it selected.
Specify the pool of IP addresses to be assigned by setting the starting IP address and ending IP
address. These addresses should be part of the same IP address subnet as the router’s LAN IP
address. Using the default addressing scheme, you should define a range between 192.168.0.2 and
192.168.0.254, although you might want to save part of the range for devices with fixed addresses.
The router delivers the following settings to any LAN device that requests DHCP:
•
An IP address from the range you have defined
•
Subnet mask
•
Gateway IP address is the router’s LAN IP address
•
Primary DNS server, if you entered a primary DNS address in the Basic Settings screen;
otherwise, the router’s LAN IP address
•
Secondary DNS server, if you entered a secondary DNS address in the Basic Settings screen
•
WINS server, short for
Windows Internet Naming Service Server,
determines the IP address
associated with a particular Windows computer. A WINS server records and reports a list of
names and IP address of Windows PCs on its local network. If you connect to a remote
network that contains a WINS server, enter the server’s IP address here. This allows your PCs
to browse the network using the Network Neighborhood feature of Windows.
How to Configure Reserved IP Addresses
When you specify a reserved IP address for a computer on the LAN, that computer will always
receives the same IP address each time it access the router’s DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses
should be assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings.
To reserve an IP address:
1.
In the LAN IP Setup screen, click the
Add
button.
2.
In the
IP Address
field, type the IP address to assign to the computer or server. Choose an
IP address from the router’s LAN subnet, such as 192.168.0.x.