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the DHCP client within the given Lease Time, or the IP Address will be
made available to another client.
Note: The Secure Data Mode Station does NOT store DHCP address
assignments between restarts. If the Secure Data Mode Station is
rebooted, it will ARP for each address in the provided address range,
recording which client is using which IP address.
Note: Be careful not to include the default router's IP address in the
Offered IP Address range.
Default Router Address-- Enter the default router IP address for the
Secure Data Mode Station's DHCP clients.
Note: The default router IP address must be outside of the range defined
by the Offered IP Starting Address and Offered IP Ending Address.
Default Router Mask-- Enter the subnet mask for the default router, or
click the Select button to display the IP Mask List, and select a subnet
mask from the list.
Lease Time in Minutes-- A DHCP lease is the amount of time that the
DHCP server grants permission to the DHCP client to use a particular IP
address. Enter the lease time (in minutes) for your DHCP server.
DNS Server IP Addresses-- Enter the IP address for the DNS server.
Warning: If you have set up the base station to Obtain IP Address from
DHCP Server on the IP Host Setup screen, do not enter any DNS server
IP addresses or a domain name. When the base station gets its own IP
Address by DHCP, it will automatically determine the correct Domain
Name information. You should, however, set up the IP Range (IP
starting and ending addresses) and Gateway/Router Info section and
select the correct interface.
Domain Name-- Enter the name of the domain.
Warning: If you have set up the base station to obtain IP Address from
DHCP Server on the IP Host Setup screen, do not enter any DNS server
IP addresses or a domain name. When the base station gets its own IP
Address by DHCP, it will automatically determine the correct Domain
Name information. You should, however, set up the IP Range (IP
starting and ending addresses) and Gateway/Router Info section and
select the correct interface.
WLAN Cable Access Point 6220 CSU NTPM99CA Rel 2.0 Issue 5 Dec 2005