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TL-R488T Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide ¾ Default Gateway - IP address of the LAN port of the router. Suggest input a value, and the default is 192.168.1.1. (Optional). ¾ Default Domain - Input the domain name of your network. (Optional). ¾ Primary DNS - Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. You can consult your ISP for it. (Optional) ¾ Secondary DNS - Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP provides two DNS servers. (Optional) ) Note: To use the DHCP server function of the router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as "Obtain an IP Address automatically" mode. This function will take effect until the router reboots. 4.4.2 DHCP Clients List Choose menu "DHCP→DHCP Clients List", you can view the information about the clients attached to the router in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-19). Click the Refresh button to update the information. Figure 4-19 ¾ Client Name - This field displays the name of the DHCP client ¾ MAC Address - This field displays the MAC address of the DHCP client ¾ Assigned IP - This field displays the IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP client. ¾ Lease Time - This field displays the time of the DHCP client leased. Before the time is up, DHCP client will request to renew the lease automatically. 4.4.3 Address Reservation Choose menu "DHCP→Address Reservation", you can view and add reserved addresses for clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 4-20). If you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP address each time when it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings. 38

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TL-R488T
Load Balance Broadband Router User Guide
38
¾
Default Gateway –
IP address of the LAN port of the router. Suggest input a value, and the
default is 192.168.1.1. (Optional).
¾
Default Domain -
Input the domain name of your network. (Optional).
¾
Primary DNS -
Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. You can consult your ISP
for it. (Optional)
¾
Secondary DNS -
Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP provides two DNS
servers. (Optional)
)
Note:
To use the DHCP server function of the router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as
"Obtain an IP Address automatically" mode. This function will take effect until the router reboots.
4.4.2
DHCP Clients List
Choose menu “
DHCP
→
DHCP Clients List
”, you can view the information about the clients
attached to the router in the next screen (shown in Figure 4-19). Click the
Refresh
button to
update the information.
Figure 4-19
¾
Client Name
-
This field displays the name of the DHCP client
¾
MAC Address
-
This field displays the MAC address of the DHCP client
¾
Assigned IP
-
This field displays the IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP
client.
¾
Lease Time
-
This field displays the time of the DHCP client leased. Before the time is up,
DHCP client will request to renew the lease automatically.
4.4.3
Address Reservation
Choose menu “
DHCP
→
Address Reservation
”, you can view and add reserved addresses for
clients via the next screen (shown in Figure 4-20).
If you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the same IP
address each time when it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should be
assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings.