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Lease Time
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Domain
6. Click the Edit
the Properties of an Existing DHCP Pool on page
7. To delete an existing DHCP pool from the list of those available, highlight the pool from within the Network Pool field
and click the Delete
8. Click the Add
9. Click the Options
associated to options are local to the pool with which they are associated For more information, see
Global Options on page
10.Click the DDNS
information, see
11.Click the Options Setup
Options button) only after the options are defined.
12.Click Apply to save changes to the screen. Navigating away from the screen without clicking Apply results in all
changes to the screen being lost.
13.Click the Revert
entered.
5.2.1.1 Editing the Properties of an Existing DHCP Pool
The properties of an existing pool can be modified to suit the changing needs of your network.
To modify the properties of an existing pool:
1. Select Services
2. Select an existing pool from those displayed (within the Network Pool field) and click the
3. Modify the name of the IP pool from which IP addresses can be issued to client requests on this interface.
4. Modify the Domain
5. Modify the NetBios Node
• A b-broadcast
• A p-peer (peer-to-peer node) uses directed calls to communicate with a known NetBIOS name server, such as a
Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server, for the IP address of a NetBIOS machine.
• A m-mixed
p-node name server for the address.
• A h-hybrid
6. Change the name of the boot file used for this pool within the
7. From the Network
used for the newly created DHCP configuration. Use VLAN1 as a default interface if no others have been defined.
When a DHCP server allocates an address for a DHCP client, the client is assigned
a lease (which expires after a designated interval defined by the administrator). The
lease time is the time an IP address is reserved for re-connection after its last use.
Using very short leases, DHCP can dynamically reconfigure networks in which there
are more computers than there are available IP addresses. This is useful, for
example, in education and customer environments where MU users change
frequently. Use longer leases if there are fewer users.
Displays the domain name for the current interface.
button to modify the properties displayed on an existing DHCP pool. For more information, see
button.
button to create a new DHCP pool. For more information, see
button to associate values to options, as defined using the Options Setup functionality. The values
5-9.
button to configure a DDNS domain and server address used with the list of available pools. For more
Configuring DHCP Server DDNS Values on page
button to define the option name, code and type. Associate values to them (by clicking the
button to display the last saved configuration. Unapplied changes are not saved and must be re-
> DHCP Server from the main menu tree.
name as appropriate
for the interface using the pool.
used with this particular pool. The NetBios Node could have one of the following types:
(broadcast node) broadcasts to query network nodes for the owner of a NetBIOS name.
is a mixed node that uses broadcasted queries to find a node and queries a known
is a combination of two or all of the nodes mentioned above.
field, use the Associated Interface
5-6.
Adding a New DHCP Pool on page
5-10.
Boot File parameter.
drop-down menu to modify (if necessary) the switch interface
Editing
5-7.
Configuring DHCP
Edit button.