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DHCP server, an
d
t
h
e Bon
j
our
p
rotoco
l.
D
H
C
P Server
Enter the main screen for DHCP Server b
y
enterin
g
Control Panel / Network
Service / DHCP Server. Most LAN environments will already have a Dynamic
Host Confi
g
uration Protocol (DHCP) service runnin
g
to automaticall
y
issue IP addresses for attached devices. For exam
p
le,
y
our home router
equipment will likely provide this service. In the rare case that your
e
q
ui
p
ment does not
p
rovide this service, the NAS drive can run its built-in
DHCP Server
.
To ena
bl
e t
h
e DHCP Server
,
c
h
ec
k
t
h
e
b
ox mar
k
e
d
“Ena
bl
e Server”. It is
disabled by
f
actory de
f
ault setting.
A
f
orm is provided to optionally control the way addresses will be issued to
clients from the NAS drive’s DHCP Server. You ma
y
also set the maximum
lease duration from the
p
ull-down menu. When done with this form,
p
ress
S
av
e
to save your changes.
I
f
your LAN contains some equipment with
fi
xed IP addresses that you
w
ould like the server to avoid when issuin
g
new addresses,
y
ou can defi ne
t
h
ese static IP a
dd
resses an
d
MAC a
dd
resses on t
h
e screen accesse
d
by
p
ressing the
S
tatic IP button at the bottom o
f
the page. Be sure and save
an
y
chan
g
es
y
ou would like to make when enterin
g
static IP addresses
.
After the DHCP Server has been runnin
g
on
y
our LAN,
y
ou can
p
eriodicall
y
check
back
t
o
t
h
i
s
sc
r
ee
n
a
n
d
r
e
vi
e
w t
he
add
r
esses
t
ha
t
ha
v
e
bee
n i
ssued
.
To view the address list, press the
D
H
C
P Lease List
bu
tt
o
n
a
t th
e
bo
tt
o
m
of
the
p
a
g
e
.
B
on
j
our
Bon
j
our
p
rotocol ma
y
be enabled or disabled b
y
selectin
g
the screen at
Control Panel / Network Service / Bonjour. The
f
actory de
f
ault setting is
enabled. Press
S
ave to save any change to this screen
.
M
a
i
ntenance
The Maintenance
g
rou
p
of settin
g
s
p
rovides control over disk formattin
g
and status,
fi
rmware upgrades, and ways to make global changes to all
sett
i
ngs
.