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• Configure – Click this button to configure the corresponding address pool.
Setting the Network Parameters
• IP – The IP address of the DHCP address pool.
• Subnet Mask – The bit combination that identifies the network (or subnet) and the
host portion of the DHCP address pool.
Setting the Host Parameters
• IP – The IP address of the DHCP address pool.
• Subnet Mask – Specifies the network mask of the client.
• Hardware Address – Specifies the MAC address and protocol used on the client.
(Options: Ethernet, IEEE802, FDDI; Default: Ethernet)
• Client-Identifier – A unique designation for the client device, either a text string
(1-15 characters) or hexadecimal value.
Setting the Optional Parameters
• Default Router – The IP address of the primary and alternate gateway router.
The IP address of the router should be on the same subnet as the client.
• DNS Server – The IP address of the primary and alternate DNS server. DNS
servers must be configured for a DHCP client to map host names to IP addresses.
• Netbios Server – IP address of the primary and alternate NetBIOS Windows
Internet Naming Service (WINS) name server used for Microsoft DHCP clients.
• Netbios Type – NetBIOS node type for Microsoft DHCP clients.
(Options: Broadcast, Hybrid, Mixed, Peer to Peer; Default: Hybrid)
• Domain Name – The domain name of the client. (Range: 1-128 characters)
• Bootfile – The default boot image for a DHCP client. This file should placed on the
Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server specified as the Next Server.
• Next Server – The IP address of the next server in the boot process, which is
typically a Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server.
• Lease Time – The duration that an IP address is assigned to a DHCP client.
(Options: fixed period, Infinite; Default: 1 day)
Configuring the DHCP Server
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