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Prestige 941 Cable Router
3.1.4 DHCP Configuration
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) allows the individual clients (workstations) to obtain the
TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a server. Unless you are instructed by your ISP, leave the DHCP at
Server, the default value. You can configure the Prestige as a DHCP server or disable it. When configured
as a server, the Prestige provides the TCP/IP configuration for the clients.
IP Pool Setup
The Prestige is pre-configured with a pool of 32 IP addresses starting from 192.168.1.33 to 192.168.1.64.
This configuration leaves 31 IP addresses (excluding the Prestige itself) in the lower range for other server
machines, e.g., server for mail, FTP, telnet, web, etc., that you may have.
DNS Server Address
DNS (Domain Name System) is for mapping a domain name to its corresponding IP address and vice versa,
e.g., the IP address of www.zyxel.com is 204.217.0.2. The DNS server is extremely important because without
it, you must know the IP address of a machine before you can access it. The DNS server addresses that you
enter in the DHCP setup are passed to the client machines along with the assigned IP address and subnet
mask.
There are two ways that an ISP disseminates the DNS server addresses. The first is for an ISP to tell a
customer the DNS server addresses, usually in the form of an information sheet, when you sign up. If your
ISP does give you the DNS server addresses, enter them in the DNS Server fields in DHCP Setup,
otherwise leave this field blank.
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