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subnet limit of 254. Hence the max value for our default gateway is
192.168.1.254. If the DHCP server runs out of DHCP addresses, users will
not get access to network resources. If this happens you can increase the
Ending IP address (to the limit of 255) or reduce the lease time. The Lease
Time is the amount of time a network user will be allowed connection to the
Lynx L-320 with their current dynamic IP address. The amount of time is in
units of minutes; the default value is 3600 minutes (60 hours). Note: If you
change the start or end values, make sure the values are still within the
same subnet as the gateways IP address. In other words, if the gateways IP
address is 192.168.1.1 (default) and you change the DHCP start/end IP
addresses to be 192.128.1.2/192.128.1.100, you will not be able to
communicate to the Lynx L-320 if your PC has DHCP enabled. In addition to
the DHCP server feature, the Lynx L-320 supports the DHCP relay function.
When the Lynx L-320 is configured as DHCP server, it assigns the IP
addresses to the LAN clients. When the Lynx L-320 is configured as DHCP
relay, it is responsible for forwarding the requests and responses negotiating
between the DHCP clients and the server.
By turning off the DHCP server and relay the network administrator must
carefully configure the IP address, Subnet Mask and DNS settings of every
computer on your network. Do not assign the same IP address to more than
one computer and your Lynx L-320 must be on the same subnet as all the
other computers.
Figure 1-6: LAN / DHCP Configuration
