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11N Wireless Broadband Router User Guide
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Chapter 6 DHCP Server
6.1 DHCP Server
DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) is used to assign an IP address to the computers on the
LAN/private network. When you enable the DHCP Server, the DHCP Server will allocate automatically
an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer in premise of activating
“Obtain an IP Address Automatically”. So specifying the start and end address of the IP Address pool is
needed.
 DHCP server: Check the Enable box to enable DHCP server.
 IP pool start/end address: Enter the range of IP addresses for DHCP server distribution.
 Lease time: It indicates the valid time of the dynamic IP address which is distributed to the
DHCP client’s host computer by DHCP server. During this time, the server will not distribute the IP
address to any other host computer.
6.2 DHCP Client List
DHCP client list displays user computer’ IP address, MAC address, host name and other information
which are assigned by the DHCP server. You can manually enter the IP and MAC address and convert
them to static assignment.