Motorola AP-51XX - Manual (Page 158)

AP-51xx Access Point Product Reference Guide 5-10
2. Configure the DHCP Configuration field to define the DHCP settings used for the LAN.
NOTE Motorola recommends the WAN and LAN ports should not both be
configured as DHCP clients.
This interface is a
DHCP Client Select this button to enable DHCP to set network address
information via this LAN1 or LAN2 connection. This is
recommended if the access point resides within a large corporate
network or the Internet Service Provider (ISP) uses DHCP. This
setting is enabled for LAN1 by default.
DHCP is a protocol that includes mechanisms for IP address
allocation and delivery of host-specific configuration parameters
from a DHCP server to a host. If DHCP Client is selected, the first
DHCP or BOOTP server to respond sets the IP address and network
address values since DHCP and BOOTP are interoperable.