Motorola Series Switch WS5100 User Manual
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5-4 WS5100 Series Switch System Reference Guide
are expected to renew them to continue to use the addresses. Once a lease has expired, the client to which
that lease was assigned is no longer permitted to use the leased IP address.
To configure DHCP:
1. Select
Services
>
DHCP Server
from the main menu tree.
The DHCP Server screen displays with the
Configuration
tab displayed.
2. Select the
Enable DHCP Server
checkbox to enable the switch’s internal DHCP Server for use with
global pools.
3. Select the
Ignore BOOTP
checkbox to bypass a BOOTP request.
4. Define an interval (from 1 -10 seconds) for the
Ping time interval
variable, the switch uses it to
intermittently ping and find out if the "DHCP client" requested IP is already used in network or not.
5. Refer to the following information as displayed within
Network Pool
field.
NOTE: DHCP Server setting updates are only implemented when the switch is restarted.
Pool Name
Displays the name of the IP pool from which IP addresses can be issued to DHCP client
requests on the current interface. The pool is the range of IP addresses for which addresses
can be assigned. However, the relationship between pools and interfaces is implicit, not
explicit as was the case with previous implementations of the switch.
Network
Displays the IP address for the clients on this interface.