User's Manual

3.4.2. DHCP Server

3.4.2.1. Basic

Fig. 32. Basic DHCP server settings.

The AP can automatically assign IP addresses to client computers by DHCP. In this section of the

management page, you can specify the Default gateway, Subnet mask, Primary DNS server, and

Secondary DNS server settings that will be sent to a client at its request. Additionally, you can spec-

ify the first IP address that will be assigned to the clients and the number of allocateable IP addresses.

NOTE: There should be only one DHCP server on the LAN; otherwise, DHCP would not work prop-

erly. If there is already a DHCP server on the LAN, disable the DHCP server functionality of the AP.

NOTE: By default the DHCP server function is disabled.

3.4.2.2. Static DHCP Mappings

Fig. 33. Static DHCP mappings.

IP addresses of servers are often static so that clients could always locate the servers by the static IP

addresses. By Static DHCP Mappings, you can ensure that a host will get the same IP address when

it requests one from the DHCP server. Therefore, instead of configuring the IP address of an intranet

server manually, you can configure the server to obtain an IP address by DHCP and it is always as-

signed the same IP address.