
PLANET ADSL VPN / Firewall Router
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3.6.3.1.4 DHCP Server
When you click
DHCP Server
, you get the following figure. You can disable or enable
the DHCP server or enable the DHCP relay functions.
If you check
Disabled
and click
Next,
then click
Apply.
The DHCP server function is
disabled. Each PC in the LAN should assign a fixed IP address and set the PC
’
s
gateway to the ADSL router.
If you check
DHCP Server
and click
Next
, you can configure parameters of the DHCP
server including the IP pool (starting IP address and ending IP address), leased time for
each assigned IP address, DNS IP address, Gateway IP address. Those messages are
sent to the DHCP client when it requests an IP address from the DHCP server. Click
Apply
to enable this function. If you check
“
Use Router as a DNS Server
”
, the ADSL
Router will find the IP address from the outside network automatically and forward it
back to requesting PC in the LAN.
If you check
DHCP Relay Agent
and click
Next
, then you will have to enter the IP
address of the DHCP server which will assign an IP address back to the DHCP client in
the LAN. Click
Apply
to enable this function.
3.6.3.2 WAN
There are 2 items under the
WAN
section:
ISP
and
DNS.
3.6.3.2.1 ISP
When you click
ISP
, you will get the following screen.