Dhcp; Dhcp Settings - TP-Link TL-WR543G User Manual

MAC Address - The connected wireless station's MAC address
Current Status - The connected wireless station's running status, one of STA-AUTH /
STA-ASSOC / AP-UP / WPA / WPA-PSK /WPA2/WPA2-PSK/None
Received Packets - Packets received by the station
Sent Packets - Packets sent by the station
You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current
connected wireless stations, click on the Refresh button.
If the numbers of connected wireless stations go beyond one page, click the Next button to go to
the next page and click the Previous button to return the previous page.
Note:
This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds.

5.7 DHCP

There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 5-24): DHCP Settings,
DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to
configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided
below.

5.7.1 DHCP Settings

The router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which
provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PC(s) that are connected to the router on the LAN.
The DHCP Server can be configured on the page (shown in Figure 5-25):
DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must
have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually configure the
computer.
Start IP Address - This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address pool.
192.168.1.100 is the default start address.
End IP Address - This field specifies the last of the addresses in the IP address pool.
192.168.1.199 is the default end address.
TL-WR543G 54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide
Figure 5-24 The DHCP menu
Figure 5-25 DHCP Settings
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