D-Link DWC-1000 [119/368] Lan configuration

D-Link DWC-1000 User Manual 119

Section 5 - Advanced Network Conguration

LAN Conguration

IPv4 LAN Settings

Path:Network>LAN>LANSettings

Bydefault,thecontrollerfunctionthe“DynamicCongurationProtocol(DHCP)”modeissettoNone.TheDHCP

modecanbesetasDHCPserverorDHCPrelay.WhenDHCPservermodeissetasDHCPserver,thecontroller

functionsasSHCPserverforassigningIPaddressleasestohostonWLANorLANnetwork.WithDHCP,PCsand

otherLANdevicescanbeassignedIPaddressesaswellasaddressesforDNSservers,WindowsInternetName

Service(WINS)servers,andthedefaultgateway.WiththeDHCPserverenabledthecontroller’sIPaddressserves

asthegatewayaddressforLANandWLANclients.ThePCsintheLANareassignedIPaddressesfromapool

ofaddressesspeciedinthisprocedure.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aresatisfactory. If youwantanotherPC onyour

networktobetheDHCPserverorifyouaremanuallyconguringthenetworksettingsofallofyourPCs,setthe

DHCPmodeto‘none’.DHCPrelaycanbeusedtoforwardDHCPleaseinformationfromanotherLANdevicethat

isthenetwork’sDHCPserver;thisisparticularlyusefulforwirelessclients.

InsteadofusingaDNSserver,youcanuseaWindowsInternetNamingService(WINS)server.AWINSserveris

the equivalent of a DNS server but uses the NetBIOS protocol to resolve host names. The controller includes the

WINSserverIPaddressintheDHCPcongurationwhenacknowledgingaDHCPrequestfromaDHCPclient.

You can also enable DNS proxy for the LAN. When this is enabled the controller will act as a proxy for all DNS

requests and communicates with the ISP’s DNS servers.When disabled all DHCP clients receive the DNS IP

addressesoftheISP.

1. Click Network > LAN > LAN Settings.