User guide

104 Settings
● Max DHCP Clients — This is the number of DHCP addresses that can be assigned and active at one
time. It’s recommended you set this to a number greater than the number of Wi-Fi users.
● DNS Mode — This specifies how the DNS servers (that the DHCP clients are to communicate with)
are obtained. (See
“DNS Mode” on page 105.)
● DHCP Static IP Assignment List — You can assign a permanent (static) IP address to a device on
your network, and view the static IP
assignment list. (See “DHCP Static IP Assignment List” below.)
DHCP Static IP Assignment List
With DHCP, IP addresses are assigned dynamically; devices typically don’t have a permanent
IP
address.
However, in some cases you might want to assign a static (permanent) IP address to a device, while
still using DHCP for the rest of the devices on your network. This is also known as “DHCP
reservation.”
You might want to do this with, for example, a Web server, FTP server, or media server.
Viewing the Static IP Assignment List
1. Log in to the home page.
2. Click Advanced settings > Router > LAN.
3. Make sure DHCP is enabled (DHCP Server).
4. Click DHCP Static IP Assignment List.
Assigning an IP Address Based on a MAC Address
1. Follow the above steps to display the DHCP Static IP Assignment List window.
2. In the Hostname field, enter a meaningful description of the device.
3. In the MAC Address field, enter the MAC address of the device. (If you don’t know this address,
see
“Finding the MAC Address” on page 128.)
4. In the IP Address field, enter the IP address you want to assign to the device.
5. Select the Enable check box to have the device use the designated IP address.
6. Click Add.
7. Click Save.
Removing an IP Address Based on a MAC Address
1. Click DHCP Static IP Assignment List on the LAN panel of the Router tab.
2. To keep the device information in the list (in case you want to re-enable DHCP for this MAC
address later on), clear the
Enable check box.
— or —
To remove the device from the list:
䡲 Click the row that you want to remove. A row of buttons (Delete, OK, Cancel) appears.
䡲 Click Delete.