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Note:

This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds.

4.8

Guest Network

Choose “

Guest Network

”, and you can configure the Guest Network Wireless Settings on the

page as shown in Figure 4-43.

Figure 4-43 Guest Network Wireless Settings

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

Allow Guest To Access My Local Network

- If enabled, guests can communicate with

hosts.



Allow Guest To Access My USB Storage Sharing

- If enabled, guests can access to USB

storage sharing servers.



Guest Network Isolation

-. If enabled, guests are isolated from each other.



Guest Network Bandwidth Control

- If enabled, the Guest Network Bandwidth Control rules

will take effect.



Band Select/Guest Network

– Select the wireless network band (2.4G/5G) and enabled or

disable its Guest Network function.



Network Name

- Enter a value of up to 32 characters. The same Name (SSID) must be

assigned to all wireless devices in your Guest Network.



Max Guest number –

The maximum of guests at the same time,



Security

- You can configure the security of Guest Network here.



Access Time

- During this time the wireless stations could accessing the AP.

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Note:

The range of bandwidth for Guest Network is calculated according to the setting of Bandwidth

Control on the page “Bandwidth Control->Control Settings”.

4.9

DHCP

Figure 4-44 The DHCP menu

There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4-44):

DHCP Settings

,

DHCP Clients List

and

Address Reservation

.

Click any of them, and you will be able to

configure the corresponding functions.

4.9.1

DHCP Settings

Choose menu “

DHCP

→

DHCP Settings

”, you can configure the DHCP Server on the page as

shown in Figure 4-45.The router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration

Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PC(s) that are connected to

the router on the LAN.

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Figure 4-45 DHCP Settings



DHCP Server - Enable

or

Disable

the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must

have another DHCP server within your network , otherwise you must configure the computer

manually.



Start IP Address -

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

IP addresses. 192.168.0.100 is the default start address.



End IP Address -

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

addresses. 192.168.0.199 is the default end address.



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.



Default Gateway -

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

the router. The default value is 192.168.0.1.



Default Domain -

(Optional) Input the domain name of your network.



Primary DNS -

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



Secondary DNS -

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

provides two DNS servers.

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Note:

To use the DHCP server function of the router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as

"Obtain an IP Address automatically".

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4.9.2

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 4-46.

Figure 4-46 DHCP Clients List



Client Name

-

The name of the DHCP client



MAC Address

-

The MAC address of the DHCP client



Assigned IP

-

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



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.

4.9.3

Address Reservation

Choose menu “

DHCP

→

Address Reservation

”, you can view and add a reserved address for

clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 4-47). 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 4-47 Address Reservation



MAC Address -

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



IP Address -

The IP address reserved for the PC by the router.



Status

-

The status of this entry, either

Enabled

or

Disabled

.

To Reserve an IP address:

1.

Click the

Add New

button. Then Figure 4-48 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 4-48 Add or Modify an Address Reservation Entry

To modify or delete an existing entry:

1.

Click the

Edit

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.

Click the

Enable/Disable Selected

button to make selected entries enabled/disabled

Click the

Delete Selected

button to delete selected entries.