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Section 3 - Configuration
DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. The DIR-808L has a built-in DHCP server. The DHCP Server will
automatically assign an IP address to the computers on the LAN/private network. If using DHCP, be sure to set your computers
to be DHCP clients by setting their TCP/IP settings to Obtain.an.IP.Address.Automatically. When your wireless devices connect
to the router, they will automatically load the TCP/IP settings provided by the DIR-808L. The DHCP Server will automatically
allocate an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting device. You must specify the starting and ending
address of the IP address pool.
Check this box to enable the DHCP server on your router. Uncheck to
Enable DHCP
disable this function.
Server:
DHCP IP Address
Enter the starting and ending IP addresses for the DHCP server's IP
Range:
assignment.
Note: If you statically (manually) assign IP addresses to your computers or
devices, make sure the IP addresses are outside of this range or you may
have an IP conflict.
DHCP Lease Time:
The length of time for the IP address lease. Enter the Lease time in
minutes.
Always
If all the computers on the LAN successfully obtain their IP addresses
Broadcast:
from the router's DHCP server as expected, this option can remain
disabled. However, if one of the computers on the LAN fails to obtain an
IP address from the router's DHCP server, it may have an old DHCP client
that incorrectly turns off the broadcast flag of DHCP packets. Enabling
this option will cause the router to always broadcast its responses to all
clients, thereby working around the problem, at the cost of increased
broadcast traffic on the LAN.
NetBIOS
Check this box to allow the DHCP Server to offer NetBIOS configuration
Announcement:
settings to the LAN hosts. NetBIOS allows LAN hosts to discover all other
computers within the network.
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