More address serving options, More address ser ving options -24 – Netopia Firmware 4000-Series User Manual

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Select Release BootP Leases and press Return.

Back in IP Address Ser ving, the Ser ve Dynamic WAN Clients toggle

More Address Serving Options

The Netopia Firmware Version 5.4 includes a number of enhancements in the built-in DHCP IP address ser ver.
These enhancements include:

The ability to exclude one or more IP addresses from the address ser ving pool so the addresses will not be
ser ved to clients.

The ability to reser ve a par ticular IP address for a client with a par ticular Ethernet MAC address.

The ability to view the host name associated with a client to which the router has leased an IP address.

The ability for the router’s Ethernet IP address(es) to overlap the DHCP address ser ving pool(s).

The ability to ser ve as a DHCP Relay Agent.

The Netopia Firmware Version 5.4 suppor ts reser ving an IP address only for a type 1 client identifier (i.e., an
Ethernet hardware address). It does not suppor t reser ving an IP address for an arbitrar y client identifier. (For
more information on client identifiers, see RFC 2131, section 9.14.)

IP Address Lease Management

Reset All Leases

Release BootP Leases

Reclaim Declined Addresses

Hit RETURN/ENTER, you will return to the previous screen.

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