ZyXEL Communications Prestige 623ME-T, User Manual

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Prestige 623ME-T User’s Guide
9-6 Maintenance
9.3 DHCP Table Screen
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131 and RFC 2132) allows individual clients to obtain
TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a server. You can configure the Prestige as a DHCP server or disable
it. When configured as a server, the Prestige provides the TCP/IP configuration for the clients. If set to
None ,
DHCP service will be disabled and you must have another DHCP server on your LAN, or else the computer
must be manually configured.
Click MAINTENANCE , and then the DHCP Table tab. Read-only information here relates to your DHCP
status. The DHCP table shows current DHCP client information (including IP Address , Host Name and
MAC Address ) of all network clients using the DHCP server.
Figure 9-3 DHCP Table
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 9-3 DHCP Table
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Host Name This is the name of the host computer.
IP Address This field displays the IP address relative to the Host Name field.
MAC
Address This field displays the MAC (Media Access Control) address of the computer with the displayed
host name.
Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory
and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02.
9.4 Diagnostic Screens
These read-only screens display information to help you identify problems with the Prestige.