Perle Systems PERLE P850 - Manual (Page 51)

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Configure Dynamic Host
Configuration Protocol
The P850 uses Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to
allow users in a small office environment to simply enable DHCP
clients on their workstations and power them up to get their proper
initialization. You would then be able to use TCP/IP applications (such
as connecting to the Internet). DHCP allows configuration of devices
(DHCP clients) to be handled from a central DHCP server. This
allows devices to be added and removed from a network with all of the
network information (i.e. IP address, DNS, subnet mask, etc.) being
configured automatically. It is designed to allocate network addresses
to a number of hosts on the P850’s LAN and supply minimal
configuration needed to allow hosts to operate in an IP network.
The following steps must be performed on the P850 to configure it as
a DHCP server.
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DHCP Services
Location: Main
Ä Configuration
Ä Applications Set up
Ä DHCP Set up
Ä DHCP Services
Ä Server
DHCP Services options which are available are
none and server. Set to server to enable this device
as a DHCP Server.
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IP Address Pool
Location: Main
Ä Configuration
Ä Applications Set up
Ä DHCP Set up
Ä Server IP address pool
Ä IP address pool
Ä IP Address /
number of addresses
The IP address pool option requires having the
first IP address in the range that is wanted for the