Lan Setup Screen Settings; Use The Router As A Dhcp Server - NETGEAR WNDR4500v2 User Manual

N900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4500v2

LAN Setup Screen Settings

LAN TCP/IP Setup
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
have to be reached through a gateway or router.
RIP Direction. Router Information Protocol (RIP) allows a router to exchange routing
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information with other routers. This setting controls how the router sends and receives
RIP packets. Both is the default setting. With the Both or Out Only setting, the router
broadcasts its routing table periodically. With the Both or In Only setting, the router
incorporates the RIP information that it receives.
RIP Version. This setting controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP
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packets that the router sends. It recognizes both formats when receiving. By default, the
RIP function is disabled.
RIP-1 is universally supported. It is adequate for most networks, unless you have an
unusual network setup.
RIP-2 carries more information. Both RIP-2B and RIP-2M send the routing data in RIP-2
format. RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting. RIP-2M uses multicasting.
Use Router as a DHCP Server
This check box is selected so that the router functions as a Dynamic Host Configuration
Protocol (DHCP) server.
Starting IP Address. Specify the start of the range for the pool of IP addresses in the
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same subnet as the router.
Ending IP Address. Specify the end of the range for the pool of IP addresses in the
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same subnet as the router.
Address Reservation
When you specify a reserved IP address for a computer on the LAN, that computer receives
the same IP address each time it accesses the router's DHCP server. Assign reserved IP
addresses to servers that require permanent IP settings.

Use 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 router are satisfactory.
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