RCA 608WL - Manual (Page 172)

Chapter 5
Expert Configuration
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5.5.1 DHCP
Overview DHCP, short for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, is a client/server protocol
designed for automatic configuration of TCP/IP hosts.
To make local or wide area networking a plug & play experience, the SpeedTouch™ IP
host is able to support automatic IP parameter configuration (i.e. acting as DHCP
client) or IP parameter distribution (i.e. acting as DHCP server or as DHCP Relay), on
all configured interfaces (LAN and WAN).
Of course, if DHCP is not used on the network, you can also disable any DHCP
feature of the SpeedTouch™.
Although working in close combination, still the three DHCP entities the
SpeedTouch™ supports, are capable of working fully independently from each other.
You can perfectly run the SpeedTouch™ DHCP server on your local network, whilst
having one or more SpeedTouch™ DHCP clients running on WAN interfaces and one
or more SpeedTouch™ DHCP relays running on yet another set of WAN interfaces.
The DHCP web page offers three tabs to configure the SpeedTouch™ 's DHCP
functionality:
 DHCP Server :
To configure the general behaviour of the SpeedTouch™ 's DHCP server.
 DHCP Relay :
To configure the SpeedTouch™ DHCP relay.
 DHCP Client :
To configure the SpeedTouch™ DHCP client.
DHCP Server The DHCP server configuration is split up in three sections:
 Server Config :
To configure the SpeedTouch™ DHCP server ‘master’ settings and behaviour.
 Server Leases
:
To overview current the SpeedTouch™ DHCP server's current leases, and/or
add/delete static DHCP lease entries.
 Address Pools :
To overview and add/delete DHCP address pools for the SpeedTouch™ DHCP
server.
As mentioned before, the SpeedTouch™ DHCP server - configuring local network
hosts - can be run in conjunction with one or more SpeedTouch™ DHCP clients or
SpeedTouch™ DHCP Relay agents, each created on behalf of a wide area connection.
I.e. for WAN interfaces the SpeedTouch™ offers DHCP client, or DHCP relay support
to configure multiple Routed Ethernet (MER) or Routed IPoA interfaces
independently.