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CHAPTER 13 DHCP Server 13.1 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 NBG6716's LAN as a DHCP server or disable it. When configured as a server, the NBG6716 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. 13.1.1 What You Can Do • Use the General screen to enable the DHCP server (Section 13.2 on page 122). • Use the Advanced screen to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers based on their MAC Addresses (Section 13.3 on page 122). • Use the Client List screen to view the current DHCP client information (Section 13.4 on page 124). 13.1.2 What You Need To Know The following terms and concepts may help as you read through this chapter. LAN TCP/IP The NBG6716 has built-in DHCP server capability that assigns IP addresses and DNS servers to systems that support DHCP client capability. IP Pool Setup The NBG6716 is pre-configured with a pool of 32 IP addresses starting from 192.168.1.33 to 192.168.1.64. This configuration leaves 31 IP addresses (excluding the NBG6716 itself) in the lower range (192.168.1.2 to 192.168.1.32) for other server computers, for instance, servers for mail, FTP, TFTP, web, etc., that you may have. MAC Addresses 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. NBG6716 User's Guide 121