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Table 29 Network Setting > Home Networking > LAN Setup (continued)
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
IGMP Mode
Select Standard Mode to have the VMG forward multicast packets to a port that joins the
multicast group and broadcast unknown multicast packets from the WAN to all LAN ports.
Select Blocking Mode to have the VMG block all unknown multicast packets from the WAN.
DHCP Server State
DHCP
Select Enable to have the VMG act as a DHCP server or DHCP relay agent.
Select Disable to stop the DHCP server on the VMG.
Select DHCP Relay to have the VMG forward DHCP request to the DHCP server.
DHCP Relay
This field is only available when you select DHCP Relay in the DHCP field.
Server Address
IPv4 Address
Enter the IPv4 IP address of the actual remote DHCP server in this field.
IP Addressing
This field is only available when you select Enable in the DHCP field.
Values
Beginning IP
This field specifies the first of the contiguous addresses in the IP address pool.
Address
Ending IP
This field specifies the last of the contiguous addresses in the IP address pool.
Address
Auto reserve IP
Select Enable to have the VMG record DHCP IP addresses with the MAC addresses the IP
for the same
addresses are assigned to. The VMG assigns the same IP address to the same MAC address
host
when the host requests an IP address again through DHCP.
DHCP Server
This is the period of time DHCP-assigned addresses is used. DHCP automatically assigns IP
Lease Time
addresses to clients when they log in. DHCP centralizes IP address management on central
computers that run the DHCP server program. DHCP leases addresses, for a period of time,
which means that past addresses are "recycled" and made available for future reassignment
to other systems.
This field is only available when you select Enable in the DHCP field.
Days/Hours/
Enter the lease time of the DHCP server.
Minutes
DNS Values
This field is only available when you select Enable in the DHCP field.
DNS
Select the type of service that you are registered for from your DNS service provider (From
ISP).
Select DNS Proxy if you have the DNS proxy service. The VMG redirects clients' DNS
queries to a DNS server for resolving domain names.
Select Static if you have the Static DNS service.
LAN IPv6 Mode Setup
IPv6 State
Select Enable to activate the IPv6 mode and configure IPv6 settings on the VMG.
Link Local Address Type
EUI64
Select this to have the VMG generate an interface ID for the LAN interface's link-local
address using the EUI-64 format.
Manual
Select this to manually enter an interface ID for the LAN interface's link-local address.
Lan Global Identifier Type
EUI64
Select this to have the VMG generate an interface ID using the EUI-64 format for its global
address .
Manual
Select this to manually enter an interface ID for the LAN interface's global IPv6 address.
LAN IPv6 Address Setup
Delegate prefix
Select this option to automatically obtain an IPv6 network prefix from the service provider
from WAN
or an uplink router.
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