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Prestige 642R Series ADSL Router
3-8 Internet Access
Follow the instructions in the following table on how to configure the DHCP fields.
Table 3-2 DHCP Ethernet Setup Menu Fields
Field Description Example
DHCP Setup
DHCP=
If it is set to Server, your Prestige can assign IP addresses, an
IP default gateway and DNS servers to Windows 95, Windows
NT and other systems that support the DHCP client. If set to
None, the DHCP server will be disabled. If set to Relay, the
Prestige acts as a surrogate DHCP server and relays DHCP
requests and responses between the remote server and the
clients. Enter the IP address of the actual, remote DHCP server
in the Remote DHCP Server in this case.
When DHCP is used, the following items need to be set:
None
Server (default)
Relay
Client IP Pool Starting
Address
This field specifies the first of the contiguous addresses in the
IP address pool.
192.168.1.33
Size of Client IP Pool This field specifies the size, or count, of the IP address pool. 32
Primary DNS Server
Secondary DNS
Server
Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS servers
are passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and
the subnet mask.
Remote DHCP
Server
If Relay is selected in the DHCP= field above, then enter the IP
address of the actual, remote DHCP server here.
Follow the instructions in the following table to configure TCP/IP parameters for the Ethernet port.
Table 3-3 TCP/IP Ethernet Setup Menu Fields
Field Description Example
TCP/IP Setup
IP Address Enter the (LAN) IP address of your Prestige in dotted decimal
notation
192.168.1.1
(default)
IP Subnet Mask Your Prestige will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on
the IP address that you assign. Unless you are implementing
subnetting, use the subnet mask computed by the Prestige.
255.255.255.0
RIP Direction
Press the space bar to select the RIP direction from Both/In
Only/Out Only or None.
Both (default)
Version
Press the space bar to select the RIP version from RIP-1/RIP-
2B/RIP-2M.
RIP-1 (default)
Multicast IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is a session-layer protocol
used to establish membership in a Multicast group. The Prestige
supports both IGMP version 1 (IGMP-v1) and IGMP-v2. Press the
IGMP-v1
IGMP-v2
None