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Example:
Your Access Point uses 192.168.1.100 for the IP address. You've assigned a computer that you
want to designate as a Web server with a static IP address of 192.168.1.101. You've assigned
another computer that you want to designate as an FTP server with a static IP address of
192.168.1.102. Therefore the starting IP address for your DHCP IP address range needs to be
192.168.1.103 or greater.
Example:
Suppose you configure the DHCP Server to manage addresses from 192.168.1.101 to
192.168.1.199. This means that 192.168.1.1 to 192.168.1.99 and 192.168.1.200 to
192.168.1.254 are NOT managed by the DHCP Server. Computers or devices that use
addresses from these ranges are to be manually configured. Suppose you have a web server
computer that has a manually configured address of 192.168.1.101. Because this falls within
the "managed range" be sure to create a reservation for this address and match it to the
relevant computer.
DHCP Lease Time
The amount of time that a computer may have an IP address before it is required to renew the
lease. The lease functions just as a lease on an apartment would. The initial lease designates
the amount of time before the lease expires. If the client wishes to retain the address when
the lease is expired then a new lease is established. If the lease expires and the address is no
longer needed than another client may use the address.
Always Broadcast
If all the computers on the LAN successfully obtain their IP addresses from the Access Point's
DHCP server as expected, this option can remain disabled. However, if one of the computers
on the LAN fails to obtain an IP address from the Access Point's DHCP server, it may have an
old DHCP client that incorrectly turns off the broadcast flag of DHCP packets. Enabling this
option will cause the Access Point to always broadcast its responses to all clients, thereby
working around the problem, at the cost of increased broadcast traffic on the LAN.
Add/Edit DHCP Reservation
This option lets you reserve IP addresses, and assign the same IP address to the network
device with the specified MAC address any time it requests an IP address. This is almost the
same as when a device has a static IP address except that the device must still request an IP
address from the Access Point. The Access Point will provide the device the same IP address
every time. DHCP Reservations are helpful for server computers on the local network that are
hosting applications such as Web and FTP. Servers on your network should either use a static
IP address or use this option.
Computer Name
You can assign a name for each computer that is given a reserved IP address. This may help
you keep track of which computers are assigned this way. Example: .
Game Server
IP Address:
The LAN address that you would like to reserve.
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