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.

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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:

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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.

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

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

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

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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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