Netgear wndr4300-100rus [42/131] Use the router as a dhcp server

NETGEAR genie Advanced Home

N750 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router WNDR4300

• Starting IP Address. Specify the start of the range for the pool of IP addresses in the

same subnet as the router.

• Ending IP Address. Specify the end of the range for the pool of IP addresses in the

same subnet as the router.

Address Reservation

When you specify a reserved IP address for a computer on the LAN, that computer receives

the same IP address each time it accesses the router’s DHCP server. Assign reserved IP

addresses to servers that require permanent IP settings. See

Address Reservation on

page 42.

Use the Router as a DHCP Server

By default, the router acts as a DHCP server. The router assigns IP, DNS server, and default

gateway addresses to all computers connected to the LAN. The assigned default gateway

address is the LAN address of the router. The router assigns IP addresses to the attached

computers from a pool of addresses specified in this screen. Each pool address is tested

before it is assigned to avoid duplicate addresses on the LAN. For most applications, the

default DHCP and TCP/IP settings of the router are satisfactory.

You can specify the pool of IP addresses that can be assigned by setting the starting IP

address and ending IP address. These addresses should be part of the same IP address

subnet as the router’s LAN IP address. Using the default addressing scheme, define a range

between 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.254, although you might want to save part of the range

for devices with fixed addresses.

The router delivers the following parameters to any LAN device that requests DHCP:

• An IP address from the range that you have defined

• Subnet mask

• Gateway IP address (the router’s LAN IP address)

• DNS server IP address (the router’s LAN IP address)

To use another device on your network as the DHCP server, or to specify the network

settings of all of your computers, clear the Use Router as DHCP Server check box and click

Apply. Otherwise, leave this check box selected. If this service is not enabled and no other

DHCP server is available on your network, set your computers’ IP addresses manually so

that they can access the router.

Address Reservation

When you specify a reserved IP address for a computer on the LAN, that computer always

receives the same IP address each time it accesses the router’s DHCP server. Reserved IP

addresses should be assigned to computers or servers that require permanent IP settings.