LevelOne NetCon WBR-3408 - Manual (Page 19)

Wireless Broadband router User Guide
Buttons
Save Save any changes you have made. Note that if you change the
Wireless Broadband router's IP address, your connection will be
lost. You will have to re-connect using the new IP address.
Cancel The "Cancel" button will discard any data you have entered and
reload the file from the Wireless Broadband router.
DHCP
What DHCP Does
A DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Server allocates a valid IP address to
a DHCP Client (PC or device) upon request.
• The client request is made when the client device starts up (boots).
• The DHCP Server provides the Gateway and DNS addresses to the client, as well
as allocating an IP Address.
• The Wireless Broadband router can act as a DHCP server.
• Windows 98/ME and other non-Server versions of Windows will act as a DHCP
client. This is the default Windows setting for the TCP/IP network protocol. How-
ever, Windows uses the term Obtain an IP Address automatically instead of
"DHCP Client".
• You must NOT have two (2) or more DHCP Servers on the same LAN segment.
(If your LAN does not have other Broadband routers, this means there must only
be one (1) DHCP Server on your LAN.)
Using the Wireless Broadband router's DHCP Server
This is the default setting. The DHCP Server settings are on the LAN screen. On this
screen, you can:
• Enable or Disable the Wireless Broadband router's DHCP Server function.
• Set the range of IP Addresses allocated to PCs by the DHCP Server function.
You can assign Fixed IP Addresses to some devices
while using DHCP, provided that the Fixed IP Addresses
are NOT within the range used by the DHCP Server.
Using another DHCP Server
You can only use one (1) DHCP Server per LAN segment. If you wish to use another
DHCP Server, rather than the Wireless Broadband router's, the following procedure is
required.
1. Disable the DHCP Server feature in the Wireless Broadband router. This setting is
on the LAN screen.
2. Configure the DHCP Server to provide the Wireless Broadband router's IP Ad-
dress as the Default Gateway.
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