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Billion BiPAC 8500/8501/8520/8521 SHDSL (VPN) Firewall Bridge/ Router
DHCP Server
You can disable or enable the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server or enable
the router's DHCP relay functions. The DHCP protocol allows your router to dynamically assign
IP addresses to PCs on your network if they are configured to obtain IP addresses automatically.
To disable the router's DHCP Server, check Disabled and click Next, then click Apply. When
the DHCP Server is disabled you will need to manually assign a fixed IP address to each PCs
on your network, and set the default gateway for each PCs to the IP address of the router (by
default this is 192.168.1.254).
To configure the router's DHCP Server, check DHCP Server and click Next. You can then
configure parameters of the DHCP Server including the IP pool (starting IP address and ending
IP address to be allocated to PCs on your network), lease time for each assigned IP address
(the period of time the IP address assigned will be valid), DNS IP address and the gateway IP
address. These details are sent to the DHCP client (i.e. your PC) when it requests an IP
address from the DHCP server. Click Apply to enable this function. If you check "Use Router
as a DNS Server", the Router will perform the domain name lookup, find the IP address from
the network outside your network automatically and forward it back to the requesting PC in the
LAN (your Local Area Network).
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Chapter 4: Configuration