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76 System Administration
14.
If required, make this an
IP Upsell Pool
and/or the
Default Pool
by checking the
appropriate boxes.
15.
Optional, if the gateway router for the DHCP Pool is other than that of the DHCP Server
IP, select
Specify
and enter the IP address of the gateway router of choice.
16.
When finished establishing your DHCP Pools, click on the
Back to Main DHCP
Configuration Page to return to the previous page.
17. You must now reboot the system for the new settings to take effect. Click the check box
for
Reboot after changes are saved? then click on the Submit button to save your
changes and reboot the system, or click on the
Reset
button if you want to reset all the
values to their previous state.
The existing lease pool and lease table are deleted and the Access Gateway reboots. The
Access Gateway can issue IP addresses to any DHCP enabled subscriber who enters the
network.
Managing the DNS Options {DNS}
DNS allows subscribers to enter meaningful URLs into their browsers (instead of complicated
numeric IP addresses) by automatically converting the URLs into the correct IP addresses. You
can assign a primary, secondary, or tertiary (third) DNS server. The Access Gateway utilizes
whichever server is currently available.
Use the following procedure to set the DNS configuration options.
1.
From the Web Management Interface, click on
Configuration
, then
DNS
. The Domain
Name System (DNS) Settings screen appears:
2.
Enter the
Host Name
(the DNS name of the Access Gateway).
3.
Enter a valid
Domain
name (the Internet domain that DNS requests will utilize).
4.
Enter the IP addresses for the DNS servers (located at the customer’s network operating
center where DNS requests are sent). Servers include:

Primary DNS Server

Secondary DNS Server

Tertiary DNS Sever
Do not allow pools to overlap.
The host name must not contain any spaces.