User guide

030-300554 Rev. A 203 June 2008
Verizon FiOS Router
(
Model 9100EM
)
User Guide
15.24 IP Address Distribution
If you click Advanced in the top navigation menu and then select the IP Address Distribution link, the following
screen will appear.
Your Router's Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server makes it possible to easily add computers that
are configured as DHCP clients to the home network. It provides a mechanism for allocating IP addresses and
delivering network configuration parameters to such hosts. The Router’s default DHCP server is the LAN bridge.
A client (host) sends out a broadcast message on the LAN requesting an IP address for itself. The DHCP server then
checks its list of available addresses and leases a local IP address to the host for a specific period of time and
simultaneously designates this IP address as “taken.” At this point the host is configured with an IP address for the
duration of the lease.
To configure the DHCP Sever settings, click the Network (Home/Office) link, the following screen will appear.
Enter the desired DHCP settings in the fields provided, and then click Apply to save the settings.