Planet GRT-504 User Manual page 38

GRT-504 4-Wire G.SHDSL.bis Firewall Router User's Manual
Set up the LAN IP address , Subnet Mask, Gateway, Host Name and Trigger DHCP Service with
fixed IP type.
IP type: Fixed
IP Address: 192.168.0.1
Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
Host Name: SOHO
Some of the ISP requires the host name as identification. You may check with ISP to see if your
Internet service has been configured with a host name. In most cases, this field can be ignored.
Trigger DHCP Service: Server
The default setup is Enable DHCP server. If you want to turn off the DHCP service, choose
Disable.
If set DHCP server to Relay, the router acts as a surrogate DHCP server and relays requests and
responses between the remote server and the clients.
DHCP Server
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a communication protocol that lets network
administrators to manage centrally and automate the assignment of Internet Protocol (IP)
addresses in an organization's network. Using the Internet Protocol, each machine that can
connect to the Internet needs a unique IP address. When an organization sets up its computer
users with a connection to the Internet, an IP address must be assigned to each machine.
Without DHCP, the IP address must be entered manually at each computer. If computers move to
another location in another part of the network, a new IP address must be entered. DHCP lets a
network administrator to supervise and distribute IP addresses from a central point and
automatically sends a new IP address when a computer is plugged into a different place in the
network.
If the DHCP server is "Enable", you have to setup the following parameters for processing it as
DHCP server.
The embedded DHCP server assigns network configuration information at most 253 users
accessing the Internet in the same time.
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