User guide

Device Settings 98
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.)
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:
 Click the row that you want to remove. A row of buttons (Delete, OK, Cancel)
appears.
 Click Delete.
LAN Panel: DNS Mode
The DNS Mode setting specifies how the DNS servers (that the DHCP clients are to
communicate with) are obtained.