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Overview, What You Can Do, What You Need To Know
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CHAPTER 10 DHCP 10.1 Overview DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131 and RFC 2132) allows individual clients to obtain TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a server. You can configure the NBG-460N's LAN as a DHCP server or disable it. When configured as a server, the NBG-460N provides the TCP/IP configuration for the clients. If DHCP service is disabled, you must have another DHCP server on your LAN, or else the computer must be manually configured. 10.2 What You Can Do • Use the General screen (Section 10.4 on page 148) to enable the DHCP server. • Use the Advanced screen (Section 10.5 on page 148) to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers based on their MAC Addresses. • Use the Client List screen (Section 10.6 on page 150) to view the current DHCP client information. 10.3 What You Need To Know Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. Find out the MAC addresses of your network devices if you intend to add them to the DHCP Client List screen. Refer to Section 4.4.6 on page 56 for information on IP Address and Subnet Mask. Refer to the Section 4.4.7 on page 57 section for information on System DNS Servers. NBG-460N User's Guide 147