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DHCP Server Settings

DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Control Protocol. The DIR-655 has a built-in DHCP server. The DHCP Server will automatically assign an IP address

to the computers on the LAN/private network. Be sure to set your computers to be DHCP clients by setting their TCP/IP settings to “Obtain an IP

Address Automatically.” When you turn your computers on, they will automatically load the proper TCP/IP settings provided by the DIR-655. The

DHCP Server will automatically allocate an unused IP address from the IP address pool to the requesting computer. You must specify the starting

and ending address of the IP address pool.

Check this box to enable the DHCP server on your router.

Uncheck to disable this function.

Enter the starting and ending IP addresses for the DHCP server’s

IP assignment.

Note:

If you statically (manually) assign IP addresses to your

computers or devices, make sure the IP addresses are outside of

this range or you may have an IP conflict.

The length of time for the IP address lease. Enter the Lease time

in minutes.

Enable this feature to broadcast your networks DHCP server to

LAN/WLAN clients.

NetBIOS allows LAN hosts to discover all other computers within

the network, enable this feature to allow the DHCP Server to

offer NetBIOS configuration settings.

Enable this feature to allow WINS information to be learned from

the WAN side, disable to allow manual configuration.

This feature allows the configuration of a NetBIOS ‘domain’ name under which network hosts operates. This setting has no effect if the ‘Learn NetBIOS information

from WAN’ is activated.”

Select the different type of NetBIOS node:

Broadcast only

,

Point-to-Point

,

Mixed-mode

, and

Hybrid

.

Enter your Primary (and Secondary) WINS IP address(es).

Enable DHCP

Server:

DHCP IP Address

Range:

DHCP Lease Time:

Always Broadcast:

NetBIOS

Announcement:

Learn NetBIOS

from WAN:

NetBIOS Scope:

NetBIOS Mode

Type:

Primary/Secondary

WINS IP Address:

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DHCP Reservation

If you want a computer or device to always have the same IP address assigned, you can create a DHCP reservation. The router will assign the IP

address only to that computer or device.

Note:

This IP address must be within the DHCP IP Address Range.

Check this box to enable the reservation.

Enter the computer name or select from the drop-down menu

and click

<<

.

Enter the IP address you want to assign to the computer or

device. This IP Address must be within the DHCP IP Address

Range.

Enter the MAC address of the computer or device.

If you want to assign an IP address to the computer you are

currently on, click this button to populate the fields.

Click

Save

to save your entry. You must click

Save Settings

at

the top to activate your reservations.

In this section you can see what LAN devices are currently

leasing IP addresses.

Click

Revoke

to cancel the lease for a specific LAN device and free an entry in the lease table. Do this only if the device no longer needs the leased IP address,

because, for example, it has been removed from the network.

Note:

The Revoke option will not disconnect a PC with a current network session from the network; you would need to use MAC Address Filter to do that. Revoke will

only free up a DHCP Address for the very next requester. If the previous owner is still available, those two devices may both receive an IP Address Conflict error, or the

second device may still not receive an IP Address; in that case, you may still need to extend the “DHCP IP Address Range” to address the issue, it is located in the DHCP

Server section.

The Reserve option converts this dynamic IP allocation into a DHCP Reservation and adds the corresponding entry to the DHCP Reservations List.

Enable:

Computer Name:

IP Address:

MAC Address:

Copy Your PC’s

MAC Address:

Save:

Number of

Dynamic DHCP

Clients:

Revoke:

Reserve:

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USB Settings

Use this section to configure your USB port. There are two configurations to choose from: Network USB and WCN Configuration.

Note:

If using the Network USB option, users will need to install the Network USB Utility into the computers to share the USB device through the router.

Choose between these two configuration:

Network USB and WCN Configuration.

Please set the Network USB Detection interval

time.

USB Settings:

Network USB:

Note:

Please see the SharePort Manual on the CD for more information.

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IPV6

On this page, the user can configure the IPv6 Connection type. There are two ways to set up the IPv6 Internet connection. You

can use the Web-based IPv6 Internet Connection Setup Wizard, or you can manually configure the connection.

For the beginner user that has not configured a router before,

click on the

IPv6 Internet Connection Setup Wizard

button

and the router will guide you through a few simple steps to get

your network up and running.

For the advanced user that has configured a router before, click

on the

Manual IPv6 Internet Connection Setup

button to input

all the settings manually.

To configure the IPv6 local settings, click on the

IPv6 Local

Connectivity Setup

button.

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IPv6 Internet Connection Setup Wizard

On this page, the user can configure the IPv6 Connection type using the IPv6 Internet Connection Setup Wizard.

Click the

IPv6 Internet Connection Setup Wizard

button and

the router will guide you through a few simple steps to get your

network up and running.

Click

Next

to continue to the next page. Click

Cancel

to discard

the changes made and return to the main page.

The router will try to detect whether its possible to obtain the

IPv6 Internet connection type automatically. If this succeeds then

the user will be guided through the input of the appropriate

parameters for the connection type found.