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TL-MR3040 Portable Battery Powered 3G/4G Wireless N Router

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5.7 DHCP

Figure 5-28 The DHCP menu

There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 5-28): DHCP

Settings,

DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to

configure the corresponding function.

5.7.1 DHCP Settings

Choose menu “DHCP→DHCP Settings”, and then you can configure the DHCP Server on the

page (shown in Figure 5-29).The router is set up by defau

lt 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 5-29 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. 192.168.0.100 is the default start address.

¾ End IP Address - Specify an IP address for the DHCP Server to end with when assigning

IP addresses. 192.168.0.199 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