TRENDnet TEW-751DR User's Guide - Page 30

TRENDnet User's Guide 3. Review the DHCP Server settings. Click Save Settings to save settings. • Enable DHCP Server: Enable or Disable the DHCP server. • DHCP IP Address Range: Changes the starting address and ending address for the DHCP server range. (e.g.192.168.10.20 to 192.168.10.30) Note: The Start IP and End IP specify the range of IP addresses to automatically assign to computers or devices on your network. • DHCP Lease Time - Enter the DHCP lease time in minutes. Note: The DHCP lease time is the amount of time a computer or device can keep an IP address assigned by the DHCP server. When the lease time expires, the computer or device will renew the IP address lease with the DHCP server, otherwise, if there is no attempt to renew the lease, the DHCP server will reallocate the IP address to be assigned to another computer or device. You can also view the current DHCP clients in the Number of Dynamic DHCP Clients list. TEW-751DR Set up DHCP reservation Main > LAN DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) reservation (also called Static DHCP) allows your router to assign a fixed IP address from the DHCP server IP address range to a specific device on your network. Assigning a fixed IP address can allow you to easily keep track of the IP addresses used on your network by your computers or devices for future reference or configuration such as virtual server (also called port forwarding, see "Virtual Server" on page 36) or special applications (also called port triggering, see "Special Applications" on page 39). 1. Log into your router management page (see "Access your router management page" on page 25). 2. Click on Main, and click on LAN. 3. Review the DHCP reservation settings. • Enable - Enable or Disable the DHCP reservation. • Computer Name - Enter a name of the device you will assign the DHCP reservation. Note: You can click the Computer Name drop-down list to select from an available computer in the DHCP server listing, click >> to copy the computer's host name/IP address information into the fields. • IP Address - Enter the IP address to assign to the reservation. (e.g. 192.168.10.101) Note: You can click the Computer Name drop-down list to select from an available computer in the DHCP server listing, click >> to copy the computer's host name/IP address information into the fields. • MAC Address - Enter the MAC (Media Access Control) address of the computer or network device to assign to the reservation. (e.g. 00:11:22:AA:BB:CC) Note: You can click Clone your PC's MAC Address to copy the current computer's MAC address into the MAC address field. © Copyright 2013 TRENDnet. All Rights Reserved. 30