Configuring A Dhcp Server - D-Link NetDefend DFL-CP310 User Manual

Configuring Network Settings

Configuring a DHCP Server

By default, the NetDefend firewall operates as a DHCP (Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol) server. This allows the NetDefend firewall to
au tomatically configure all the de
configuration details.
Note: The DHCP server only serves computers that are configured to obtain an IP
address automatically. If a computer is not configured to obtain an IP address
automatically, it is recommended to assign it an IP address outside of the DHCP
address range. If you do assign it an IP address within the DHCP address range,
the DHCP server will not assign this IP address to another computer.
If you already have a DHCP server in your
instead o f the NetDefend DHCP server, you must disable the NetDefend D
server, since you cannot have two DHCP servers or relays on the same network
segment.
If you want to use a DHCP server on t
NetDefend DHCP server, you can configure DHCP relay. When in
mo de, the NetDefend firewall relay
the devices on your network.
Note: You can perform DHCP reservation u
see Using Network Objects on page 129
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vices on your network with their network
internal network, and you want to use it
he Internet or via a VPN, instead of the
s information from the desired DHCP server to
sing network objects. For information,
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