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Chapter 6 LAN Setup
The following table describes the fields in this screen.
Table 23 Network > LAN > IP
LABEL
LAN TCP/IP
Group Name
IP Address
IP Subnet Mask
DHCP Setup
Active DHCP
DHCP Server
IP Pool
Starting
Address
Pool Size
Lease Time
DHCP Relay
Relay Server
DNS Servers Assigned by DHCP Server
If you do not configure DNS servers, the Device uses its LAN IP address and tells the
DHCP clients on the LAN that itself is the DNS server. When a LAN client sends a DNS
query to the Device, the Device forwards the query to its system DNS server you
configured in the WAN screen.
Obtain DNS
info from a
WAN
interface:
WAN
Interface
Use the
following
Static DNS IP
address
First DNS
Server
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DESCRIPTION
Select the interface group for which you want to configure the LAN
TCP/IP settings. See Chapter 21 on page 247
interface group.
Enter the LAN IP address you want to assign to your Device in dotted
decimal notation, for example, 192.168.1.1 (factory default).
Type the subnet mask of your network in dotted decimal notation, for
example 255.255.255.0 (factory default).
Select this to have the Device act as a DHCP server or DHCP relay
agent.
Otherwise, deselect this to not have the Device provide any DHCP
services. The DHCP server will be disabled.
Select this option to have the Device assign IP addresses and provide
subnet mask, gateway, and DNS server information to the network.
The Device is the DHCP server for the network.
When the Device acts as a DHCP server, the following items need to be
set:
This field specifies the first of the contiguous addresses in the IP
address pool.
This field specifies the size, or count of the IP address pool.
This field specifies the lease time in days, hours and minutes of the IP
address assigned by the DHCP server.
Select this option to have the Device forward DHCP request to the
DHCP server.
If you select DHCP Relay, enter the IP address of the DHCP server.
Select this to have the Device get the DNS server addresses from one
of the Device's WAN interfaces.
Select a WAN interface through which to get DNS server addresses.
Select this to have the Device use the DNS server addresses you
configure manually.
Enter the first DNS (Domain Name System) server IP address the
Device passes to the DHCP clients.
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