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AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
5.7
DHCP
Figure 5-39 The DHCP menu
There are three submenus under the DHCP menu, shown in Figure 5-39:
DHCP Settings
,
DHCP
Clients List
and
Address Reservation
.
Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the
corresponding functions.
5.7.1
DHCP Settings
Choose menu “
Advanced
→
DHCP
→
DHCP Settings
”, you can configure the DHCP Server on
the page as shown in Figure 5-40.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.
Figure 5-40 DHCP Settings
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.
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,
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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.
Note:
To use the DHCP server function of the router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as
"Obtain an IP Address automatically".
5.7.2
DHCP Clients List
Choose menu “
Advanced
→
DHCP
→
DHCP Clients List
”, you can view the information about
the clients attached to the router in the screen as shown in Figure 5-41.
Figure 5-41 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.
5.7.3
Address Reservation
Choose menu “
Advanced
→
DHCP
→
Address Reservation
”, you can view and add a reserved
address for clients via the next screen, shown in Figure 5-42. 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
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accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to the servers that
require permanent IP settings.
Figure 5-42 Address Reservation
MAC Address -
The MAC address of the PC for which you want to reserve an IP address.
Reserved 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 5-43 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 5-43 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.
Click the
Enable/Disable 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.
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AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
5.8
USB Settings
Figure 5-44 The USB Settings menu
There are three submenus under the USB Settings menu (shown in Figure 5-44):
Device
Settings
,
File Sharing
, and
Print Server
. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the
corresponding functions.
5.8.1
Device Settings
Choose menu “
Advanced
→
USB Settings
→
Device Settings
”, you can configure the USB disk
drive attached to the router and view the information.
Figure 5-45 Device Settings
Click the
Scan
button to scan the USB drive connected to the router.
Volume -
The volume name of the USB drive the users have access to. Volume 1-8 is
mapping to USB port1, and Volume 9-16 is mapping to USB port2.
Capacity -
The storage capacity of the USB driver.
Free Space-
The available space of the USB driver.
Active -
Select the checkbox to active the USB driver.
Click the
Safely Remove
button to safely remove the USB storage device that is connected to
USB port. This takes the drive offline.
5.8.2
File Sharing
Choose menu “
Advanced
→
USB Settings
→
File Sharing
”, you can configure the sharing
account and sharing settings.
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Figure 5-46 File Sharing
Sharing Account
Use Login Account -
Select this radio button, and the sharing account is the same with
the login account.
Use Following Account -
Select this radio button, then you have to specify the new
username and password in the
Username
and
Password
fields for sharing account.
Sharing Settings
Network/Media Server Name -
Show the name of the network/media server.
This is the
name used to access the USB device connected to the router.
Access Method -
Select the check boxes for the access methods that you want.
1)
Network Neighborhood:
This method is enabled by default. To access the USB drive
for example from a Windows computer:
i.
Select
Start > Run
.
ii.
Enter
\\192.168.0.1
in the dialog box and click the
OK
button.
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