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Figure 4-27 DHCP Settings

¾

DHCP Server - Enable

or

Disable

the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you

must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must configure the

computer manually.

¾

Start IP Address -

Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to start with when

assigning IP addresses. 192.168.1.100 is the default start address.

¾

End IP Address -

Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when

assigning IP addresses. 192.168.1.199 is the default end address.

¾

Address Lease Time -

The

Address Lease Time

is the amount of time a network

user will be allowed connection to the Router with their current dynamic IP Address.

Enter the amount of time in minutes and the user will be "leased" this dynamic IP

Address. After the time is up, the user will be automatically assigned a new dynamic

IP address. The range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120

minutes.

¾

Default Gateway -

(Optional.) It is suggested to input the IP address of the LAN port

of the Router. The default value is 192.168.1.1.

¾

Default Domain -

(Optional.) Input the domain name of your network.

¾

Primary DNS -

(Optional.) Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP or consult

your ISP.

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Secondary DNS -

(Optional.) Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP

provides two DNS servers.

)

Note:

To use the DHCP server function of the Router, you must configure all computers on the

LAN as "Obtain an IP Address automatically".

4.7.2 DHCP Clients List

Choose menu “

DHCP

→

DHCP Clients List

”, you can view the information about the

clients attached to the Router in the screen as shown in Figure 4-28

.

Figure 4-28

DHCP Clients List

¾

Client Name

-

The name of the DHCP client

¾

MAC Address

-

The MAC address of the DHCP client

¾

Assigned IP

-

The IP address that the Router has allocated to the DHCP client

¾

Lease Time

-

The time of the DHCP client leased. After the dynamic IP address has

expired, a new dynamic IP address will be automatically assigned to the user.

You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the

current attached devices, click the

Refresh

button.

4.7.3 Address Reservation

Choose menu “

DHCP

→

Address Reservation

”, you can view and add a reserved

address for clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 4-29).When you specify a

reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address

each time when it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned

to the servers that require permanent IP settings.

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Figure 4-29

Address Reservation

¾

MAC Address -

The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP

address.

¾

Reserved IP Address -

The IP address reserved for the PC by the Router.

¾

Status

-

The status of this entry, either

Enabled

or

Disabled

.

To Reserve an IP address:

1.

Click the

Add New…

button. Then Figure 4-30 will pop-up.

2.

Enter the MAC address (in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format.) and IP address (in

dotted-decimal notation) of the computer for which you want to reserve an IP

address.

3.

Click the

Save

button.

Figure 4-30

Add or Modify an Address Reservation Entry

To modify or delete an existing entry:

1.

Click the

Modify

in the entry you want to modify. If you want to delete the entry, click

the

Delete

.

2.

Modify the information.

3.

Click the

Save

button.

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Click the

Enable/Disabled All

button to make all entries enabled/disabled

Click the

Delete All

button to delete all entries.

Click the

Next

button to go to the next page and Click the

Previous

button to return the

previous page.

4.8 Forwarding

Figure 4-31 The Forwarding menu

There are four submenus under the Forwarding menu (shown in Figure 4-31):

Virtual

Servers

,

Port Triggering

,

DMZ

and

UPnP

. Click any of them, and you will be able to

configure the corresponding function.

4.8.1 Virtual Servers

Choose menu “

Forwarding

→

Virtual Servers

”, you can view and add virtual servers in

the screen as shown in Figure 4-32. Virtual servers can be used for setting up public

services on your LAN, such as DNS, Email and FTP. A virtual server is defined as a

service port, and all requests from the Internet to this service port will be redirected to the

computer specified by the server IP. Any PC that was used for a virtual server must have

a static or reserved IP Address because its IP Address may be changed when using the

DHCP function.

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Figure 4-32

Virtual Servers

¾

Service Port -

The numbers of External Ports. You can type a service port or a

range of service ports (in XXX – YYY format, XXX is the start port number, YYY is

the end port number).

¾

IP Address -

The IP Address of the PC providing the service application.

¾

Protocol -

The protocol used for this application, either

TCP

,

UDP

, or

All

(all

protocols supported by the Router).

¾

Status -

The status of this entry, either

Enabled

or

Disabled

.

To setup a virtual server entry:

1.

Click the

Add New…

button, the next screen will pop-up as shown in Figure 4-33.

2.

Select the service port you want to use from the

Common Service Port

list. If the

Common Service Port

list does not have the service that you want to use, type the

service port number or service port range in the

Service Port

box.

3.

Type the IP Address of the computer in the

IP Address

box.

4.

Select the protocol used for this application, either

TCP

,

UDP

, or

All

.

5.

Select the

Enable

to enable the virtual server.

6.

Click the

Save

button.

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