TL-WR641G 108M Wireless Router User Guide
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4.6 DHCP
Figure 4-23
There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4-23): DHCP
Settings,
DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to
configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided
below.
4.6.1 DHCP Settings
The router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which
provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PC(s) that are connected to the router on the LAN.
The DHCP Server can be configured on the page (shown in Figure 4-24):
Figure 4-24
¾ DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must
have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually configure the
computer.
¾ Start IP Address - This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address pool.
192.168.1.100 is the default start address.
¾ End IP Address - This field specifies the last of the addresses in the IP address pool.
192.168.1.199 is the default end address.
¾ Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of time in which a
network user will be allowed connection to the router with their current dynamic IP
Address. Enter the amount of time, in minutes. The user will be "leased" this dynamic IP
Address. The range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes.