Alcatel speed touch home Advanced User's Manual page 127

CAUTION
Note
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The following configurations are possible:
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In this mode the Speed Touch Home probes the local
network to verify whether or not, it is the only active DHCP
Server. If there is another DHCP server on the network, the
STHome slips into the role of DHCP client. If no response is
given after a certain time (client timeout), the STHome will act
as DHCP server.
Automatic IP Addressing
Operating systems supporting Automatic IP addressing, might
initially not establish IP connectivity with the STHome.
This because the IP address they assimilated is not within the
STHome range. To prevent this problem, please power
on your PC(s) after the STHome has come online.
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For advanced networks, the role of DHCP server might be
performed by an IP node other than the STHome on the local
LAN. Typically such functions are attributed to home gateways:
computers having better networking capabilities than the
other hosts on the home LAN.
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For small home LANs it might be interesting to configure all
your PCs as DHCP clients and the Speed Touch Home as
DHCP Server. In this configuration each time a computer
boots, it will obtain its IP configuration from the STHome.
This setting might create side effects with Bridging.
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The network DHCP is disabled. All members of the network
have fixed IP addresses.
This is the STHome default DHCP mode.
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