When DHCP is used, the following items need to be set.
•
Starting IP Address:
This field specifies the first of the contiguous addresses in
the IP address pool.
•
IP Pool Count:
This field specifies the size or count of the IP address pool.
•
Lease Time:
The current lease time of client.
•
Primary DNS Server:
Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS
servers are passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the subnet
mask.
•
Secondary DNS Server:
Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS
servers are passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the subnet
mask.
4.2.3 Wireless
This section introduces the wireless LAN and some basic configurations. Wireless LANs
can be as simple as two computers with wireless LAN cards communicating in a peer-to-
peer (also called Ad-Hoc) network or as complex as a number of computers with wireless
LAN cards communicating through access points which bridge network traffic to the wired
LAN (also called ‘Infrastructure’).