11N Wireless Broadband Router
User Guide
Chapter 7 DHCP Server
7.1 DHCP Settings
DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is used to assign
an IP address to the computers on the LAN/private
network. When you enable the DHCP Server, the DHCP
Server will allocate automatically an unused IP address
from the IP address pool to the requesting computer in
premise of activating “Obtain an IP Address
Automatically”. So specifying the starting and ending
address of the IP Address pool is needed.
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DHCP Server: Check the Enable box to enable
DHCP server.
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IP Address Start/End: Enter the range of IP
addresses for DHCP server distribution.
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Lease Time: The length of the IP address lease.
Set an appropriate lease time to improve DHCP
server’s efficiency in reclaiming the invalid IP
addresses.
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