Providing Dhcp Services To Your Internal Network - D-Link DFL-500 User Manual

To enable RIP server support:
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Go to System > Network > Routing .
· Select Internal Interface to enable RIP server support from the internal interface.
· Select External Interface to enable RIP server support from the external interface.

Providing DHCP services to your internal network

If it is operating in NAT mode, you can configure the DFL-500 to be the DHCP server for your internal network:
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Go to System > Network > DNS .
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If they have not already been added, add the primary and secondary DNS server addresses provided to
you by your ISP.
This step is not required if the external IP address of the DFL-500 is configured using DHCP or PPPoE.
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Select Apply.
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Go to System > Network > DHCP .
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Select Enable DHCP.
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Configure DHCP settings.
Starting IP
If required, change the Starting IP and the Ending IP to configure the range of IP addresses that the
Ending IP
DFL-500 can assign.
Netmask
Enter the Netmask that the DFL-500 assigns to the DHCP clients.
Lease
Optionally type in the interval in seconds after which a DHCP client must ask the DHCP server for a
Duration
new address.
Domain
Optionally type in the domain that the DHCP server assigns to the client.
Optionally type in the IP addresses of up to 3 DNS servers that the DHCP clients can use for looking
DNS IP
up domain names.
Default
Optionally type in the default route assigned to DHCP clients.
Route
Optionally type in up to 4 exclusion ranges of IP addresses within the starting IP and ending IP
Exclusion
addresses that cannot be assigned to DHCP clients. If you have configured PPTP or L2TP, use the
Range
exclusion range to exclude the IP addresses assigned to PPTP or L2TP users. For more
information, see
·
Select Apply.
· Configure the IP network settings of the computers on your network to use DHCP. Use the address of the
DFL-500 internal interface as the DHCP server address.
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PPTP and L2TP VPNs.
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