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Field
Net Mask
Domain Name
Gateway
Address
DNS/SDNS
Address
SMTP...SWINS
(optional)
5.
Click
.
A confirmation page displays briefly to indicate that the pool has been added
successfully. After a few seconds, the DHCP Server Pool – Add page displays with the
newly added pool.
6.
Follow the instructions in "Setting the DHCP Mode" on page 28 to set the DHCP
mode to DHCP Server.
Viewing, modifying, and deleting address pools, and excluding IP addresses from a
pool
To view, modify, or delete an existing address pool, display the DHCP Server Configuration
page, and click the icons in the corresponding row in the address pool table.
To delete an IP address pool, click
To view details on an IP address pool, click
information you entered when adding the pool.
To modify the domain name associated with an IP address pool, or to exclude
addresses from the pool, click
as shown in Figure .
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Description
Specifies which portion of each IP address
in this range refers to the network and
which portion refers to the host
(computer). You can use the network
mask to distinguish which pool of
addresses should be distributed to a
particular subset of computers on your
LAN (called a subnet).
A user-friendly name that refers to the
group of computers (subnet) that will be
assigned addresses from this pool.
The address of the default gateway for
computers that receive IP addresses from
this pool. The default gateway is the IP
address that the computers first contact to
communicate with the Internet. Typically, it
is the device's LAN port IP address.
The IP address of the Domain Name
System server and Secondary Domain
Name System server to be used by
computers that receive IP addresses from
this pool. These DNS servers translate
common Internet names that you type into
your web browser into their equivalent
numeric IP addresses. Typically, these
servers are located with your ISP.
The IP addresses of devices that perform
various services for computers that
receive IP addresses from this pool (such
as the SMTP, or Simple Mail Transfer
Protocol, server which handles e-mail
traffic). Contact your ISP for these
addresses.
, then submit and commit your changes.
. A page displays with all the same
. The DHCP Server Pool – Modify page displays,
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