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Chapter 4: Configuration
DHCP Server
You can disable or enable the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server or
enable the router’s DHCP relay functions. The DHCP protocol allows your router to
dynamically assign IP addresses to PCs on your network if they are configured to obtain
IP addresses automatically.
To disable the router’s DHCP Server, check Disabled and click Next, then click Apply.
When the DHCP Server is disabled you will need to manually assign a fixed IP address to
each PCs on your network, and set the default gateway for each PCs to the IP address of
the router (by default this is 192.168.1.254).
To configure the router’s DHCP Server, check DHCP Server and click Next. You can then
configure parameters of the DHCP Server including the IP pool (starting IP address and
ending IP address to be allocated to PCs on your network), lease time for each assigned
IP address (the period of time the IP address assigned will be valid), DNS IP address and
the gateway IP address. These details are sent to the DHCP client (i.e. your PC) 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 SHDSL Router will perform the domain name
lookup, find the IP address from the outside network automatically and forward it back to
the requesting PC in the LAN (your Local Area Network).
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