Providing Dhcp Services To Your Internal Network - D-Link DFL-500 User Manual

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Click Internal interface to enable RIP server support from the internal interface.
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Click External interface to enable RIP server support from the external interface.

Providing DHCP services to your internal network

If it is operating in NAT mode, you can configure the DFL-500 to be the DHCP server for your internal network.
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Go to System > Network > DNS .
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If they have not already been added, add the primary and secondary DNS server addresses provided to
you by your ISP.
This step is not required if the external IP address of the DFL-500 is configured using DHCP or PPPoE.
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Click Apply.
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Go to System > Network > DHCP .
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Click Enable DHCP.
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Configure DHCP settings:
Starting IP
If required, change the Starting IP and the Ending IP to configure the range of IP addresses that
Ending IP
the DFL-500 can assign.
Netmask
Configure the Netmask that the DFL-500 assigns to the DHCP clients.
Lease
Optionally specify the interval in minutes after which a DHCP client must ask the DHCP server for
Duration
a new address.
Domain
Optionally specify the domain that the DHCP server assigns to the client.
Optionally specify the IP addresses of up to 3 DNS servers that the DHCP clients can use for
DNS IP
looking up domain names.
Default Route
Optionally specify the default route assigned to DHCP clients.
Exclusion
Optionally specify up to 4 exclusion ranges of IP addresses within the starting IP and ending IP
Range
addresses that cannot be assigned to DHCP clients.
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Click Apply.
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Configure the IP network settings of the computers on your network to use DHCP. Use the address of the
DFL-500 internal interface as the DHCP server address.
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