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Fig. 2: Network status
1.3. DHCP status
Information about the DHCP server can be accessed by selecting the DHCP status.
The DHCP server provides automatic configuration of the client devices connected to
the router. The DHCP server assigns each device an IP address, subnet mask, default
gateway (IP address of router) and DNS server (IP address of router).
For each client in the list, the DHCP status window displays the following information.
Item
Description
lease
Assigned IP address
starts
Time that the IP address was assigned
ends
Time that the IP address lease expires
hardware
ethernet
Hardware MAC (unique) address
uid
Unique ID
client-hostname
Computer name
Table 3: DHCP status description
Fig. 3: DHCP status
The DHCP status may occasionally display two records for one IP address. This may
be caused by resetting the client network interface.