Using The Router As A Dhcp Server - NETGEAR WNR612v2 - Wireless-N 150 Router User Manual

Wireless-N 150 Router WNR612v2 User Manual
Subnet mask. 255.255.255.0
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These addresses are part of the designated private address range for use in private networks
and should be suitable for most applications. If your network has a requirement to use a
different IP addressing scheme, you can make those changes in this screen.
The LAN IP settings are:
IP Address. The LAN IP address of the router.
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IP Subnet Mask. The LAN subnet mask of the router. Combined with the IP address, the
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IP subnet mask allows a device to know which other addresses are local to it, and which
must be reached through a gateway or router.
RIP Direction. RIP allows a router to exchange routing information with other routers.
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The RIP Direction selection controls how the router sends and receives RIP packets.
Both is the default.
When set to Both or In Only, the router incorporates the RIP information that it
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receives.
When set to Both or Out Only, the router broadcasts its routing table periodically.
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RIP Version. This controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets
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sent by the router. (It recognizes both formats when receiving.) The default setting is
Disabled.
RIP-1 is universally supported. RIP-1 is usually adequate unless you have an unusual
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network setup.
RIP-2B carries more information than RIP-1 and uses subnet broadcasting.
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RIP-2M carries more information than RIP-1 and uses multicasting.
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Using the Router as a DHCP Server

By default, the router functions as a DHCP server, allowing it to assign IP, DNS server, and
default gateway addresses to all computers connected to the router's LAN. The assigned
default gateway address is the LAN address of the router. The router assigns IP addresses to
the attached computers from a pool of addresses specified in this screen. Each pool address
is tested before it is assigned to avoid duplicate addresses on the LAN.
For most applications, the default DHCP and TCP/IP settings of the
Note:
router are satisfactory. Click the link to the online document
Networking Basics
information about how to assign IP addresses for your network.
To specify a pool of IP addresses to be assigned, set the starting IP address and ending IP
address. These addresses should be part of the same IP address subnet as the router's LAN
IP address. Using the default addressing scheme, you should define a range between
192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.254, although you might wish to save part of the range for
devices with fixed addresses.
in Appendix B for an explanation of DHCP and
Chapter 4: Customizing Your Network
TCP/IP
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