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4.5 DHCP TL-R860 Cable/DSL Router User Guide Figure 4-11 the DHCP menu There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4-11): DHCP Settings, DHCP Clients List and Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided below. 4.5.1 DHCP Settings The router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PCs that are connected to the router on the LAN. The DHCP Server can be configured on the page (shown in Figure 4-12): Figure 4-12 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 manually configure the computer. ¾ Start IP Address - This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.1.100 is the default start address. ¾ End IP Address - This field specifies the last of the addresses in the IP address pool. 192.168.1.199 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, which the user will be "leased" this dynamic IP address. The range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes. ¾ Default Gateway - (Optional.) Suggest to input the IP address of the LAN port of the router, default value is 192.168.1.1 - 20 -

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TL-R860
Cable/DSL Router User Guide
4.5 DHCP
Figure 4-11 the DHCP menu
There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 4-11):
DHCP
Settings
,
DHCP Clients List
and
Address Reservation.
Click any of them, and you will
be able to configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each
submenu are provided below.
4.5.1
DHCP Settings
The router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server,
which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PCs that are connected to the router
on the LAN. The DHCP Server can be configured on the page (shown in Figure 4-12):
Figure 4-12 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 manually
configure the computer.
¾
Start IP Address -
This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address
pool. 192.168.1.100 is the default start address.
¾
End IP Address -
This field specifies the last of the addresses in the IP address
pool. 192.168.1.199 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, which the user will be "leased" this dynamic
IP address. The range of the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120
minutes.
¾
Default Gateway -
(Optional.) Suggest to input the IP address of the LAN port of
the router, default value is 192.168.1.1
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