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TL-WR543G

54M Wireless AP Client Router User Guide

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Address Lease Time -

The Address Lease Time is the amount of time in which a network

user will be allowed connection to the router with their current dynamic IP Address. Enter the
amount of time, in minutes. The user will be "leased" this dynamic IP Address. The range of
the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes.

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Default Gateway -

(Optional.) Suggest to input the IP address of the LAN port of the router,

default value is 192.168.1.1

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Default Domain -

(Optional.) Input the domain name of your network.

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Primary DNS -

(Optional.) Input the DNS IP address provided by your ISP. Or consult your

ISP.

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Secondary DNS -

(Optional.) Input the IP address of another DNS server if your ISP

provides two DNS servers.

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Note:

To use the DHCP server function of the router, you must configure all computers on the LAN as
"Obtain an IP Address automatically" mode. This function will take effect until the router reboots.

5.7.2 DHCP Clients List

This page shows Client Name, MAC Address, Assigned IP, and Lease Time for each DHCP
Client attached to the router (Figure 5-26):

Figure 5-26 DHCP Clients List

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Index -

The index of the DHCP Client

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Client Name

- The name of the DHCP client

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MAC Address

- The MAC address of the DHCP client

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Assigned IP

- The IP address that the router has allocated to the DHCP client.

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Lease Time

- The time of the DHCP client leased. Before the time is up, DHCP client will

request to renew the lease automatically.

You cannot change any of the values on this page. To update this page and to show the current
attached devices, click on the Refresh button.

5.7.3 Address Reservation

When you specify a reserved IP address for a PC on the LAN, that PC will always receive the
same IP address each time when it accesses the DHCP server. Reserved IP addresses should
be assigned to servers that require permanent IP settings. This page is used for address
reservation (shown in Figure 5-27).

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