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Dhcp settings – Motorola 3347 User Manual

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DHCP Settings

As a Dynamic Host Control Protocol (DHCP) ser ver, your Motorola Netopia® Gateway can
assign IP addresses and provide configuration information to other devices on your net-
work dynamically. A device that acquires its IP address and other TCP/IP configuration set-
tings from the Motorola Netopia® Gateway can use the information for a fixed period of
time (called the DHCP lease).

Common Commands

set dhcp option { off | server | relay-agent }

Enables or disables DHCP ser vices in the Motorola Netopia® Gateway. You must enable
DHCP ser vices before you can enter other DHCP settings for the Motorola Netopia® Gate-
way.

If you turn off DHCP ser vices and save the new configuration, the Motorola Netopia® Gate-
way clears its DHCP settings.

set dhcp start-address

ip_address

If you selected

server

, specifies the first address in the DHCP address range. The

Motorola Netopia® Gateway can reser ve a sequence of up to 253 IP addresses within a
subnet, beginning with the specified address for dynamic assignment.

set dhcp end-address

ip_address

If you selected

server

, specifies the last address in the DHCP address range.

set dhcp lease-time

lease-time

If you selected

server

, specifies the default length for DHCP leases issued by the Motor-

ola Netopia® Gateway. Enter lease time in

dd:hh:mm:ss

(day/hour/minute/second)

format.

set dhcp option-group

name

Specifies a name for one of up to eight DHCP Option Groups. Each Option Group can have
a name of between 1 and 15 characters. The name is used in the DHCP filterset syntax to