Dhcp Mode - VTech VNT814 User Manual

Configure your router
Setup

DHCP mode:

Click DHCP in the left pane. In this page, you can configure the DHCP mode
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of your router as None, DHCP Server or DHCP Relay.
• None: The router will do nothing when the hosts require an IP address by
DHCP protocal.
• DHCP Server: DHCP Server is used to configure correct TCP/IP protocol
related parameters for the computer on you local network. If you enable
the DHCP Server function, you can make the DHCP Server automatically
configure the TCP/IP protocol parameters (such as IP address, subnet
mask, gate way and DNS servers) for the computer on you local network.
• DHCP Relay: DHCP Relay is used if you are using the other DHCP
Server to assign IP address to your Ethernet devices on the LAN. You
can set the DHCP Server's IP address.
NOTES
• If you have more than four Ethernet devices and they are connected to the additional VNT814
router(s) you purchased, there is no need to change the DHCP mode setting of the child router(s).
Once a child VNT814 router is connected with a parent VNT814 router, the child router enters Auto
Bridge Mode, and all Ethernet devices obtain IP addresses from the parent router directly. See
Plan and connect your system on page 4 for more details.
• If you have more than four Ethernet devices and you are using an existing non-VTech router as
the parent router and VNT814 router(s) as the child router(s), you need to set the DHCP mode
to DHCP Relay for the VNT814 router(s) manually and make sure the non-VTech router has the
DHCP setting enabled, so that all Ethernet devices obtain IP addresses from the parent router
directly.
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