Basic Configuration Options
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Model 2160 Series User Manual
4 • Web configuration
supervise and distribute IP addresses from a central point and automatically sends a new IP address when a
computer is plugged into a different place in the network. The embedded DHCP server assigns network con-
figuration information to 253 users (max) accessing the Internet in the same time. For example, if the LAN IP
address is 192.168.0.1, the IP range of the LAN is 192.168.0.2 to 192.168.0.254.
To set up the DHCP Server for the Model 2160:
1.
Click on
Basic
from the main menu, set up the
Operation Mode
and
Management port
, then click
Next
to reach the
DHCP Server
page.
2.
The DHCP server assigns the IP from the
Start IP Address
to the
End IP Address
. The legal IP address
range is from 0 to 255, but 0 is reserved as the network name and 255 is reserved for broadcast. This
implies that the legal IP address range is from 1 to 254. That means you cannot assign an IP greater than
254 or less than 1.
3.
A
Lease Time
of 72 hours indicates that the DHCP server will reassign IP information every 72 hours.,
which is the default value for the Model 2160. You can set up the
Lease Time
for a range from 1 to 720
hours according to your application.
4.
If you assign a fixed IP address to a device while using DHCP, you must enter the device's MAC address in
the
Table of
Fixed DHCP Host Entries
.
5.
Click
Next
to commit your changes and continue to the
LAN
page (see
“LAN”
on page 39).
Figure 10. Basic DHCP setup
