Apple Mac OS X Server (version 10.2.3 or later) - Manual (Page 508)

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Addresses must be contiguous, and they can’t overlap.
6 Enter the subnet mask and router for this subnet, then click Save.
Click Use Defaults to use the default subnet address range for this port. The default range
includes all valid addresses for the port, based on its IP address and subnet mask.
To use the Mac OS X Server as the gateway for the subnet, enter the server IP address in the
router field.
Changing Subnet Settings in DHCP Service
Use Server Settings to make changes to DHCP subnet settings.
To change subnet settings:
1 In Server Settings, click the Network tab.
2 Click DHCP/NetBoot and choose Configure DHCP/Netboot.
3 Select a subnet address range and click Edit.
4 Make the changes you want.
5 Click Save.
You can click Use Defaults to use the server’s default settings.
Setting DNS Options for a Subnet
You can decide which DNS servers and default domain name a subnet should use. DHCP
service provides this information to the client computers in the subnet.
To set DNS options for a subnet:
1 In Server Settings, click the Network tab.
2 Click DHCP/NetBoot and choose Configure DHCP/NetBoot.
3 Select a subnet address range and click Edit.
4 Click the DNS tab.
5 Enter the default domain name associated with the subnet, then click Save.
6 Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers you want this subnet to use.
If you click Use Defaults, DHCP service gets DNS information from a DNS lookup that
supplies the domain name and default DNS servers.
Setting NetInfo Options for a Subnet
You can give client computers in a subnet access to the information in NetInfo databases by
“binding” the clients to one or more NetInfo parent servers.
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