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NETGEAR Wireless-N 300 Router WNR2000 User Manual

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Customizing Your Network Settings

v1.3, July 2009

Using the Router as a DHCP Server

By default, the router functions as a DHCP server, allowing it to assign IP, DNS server, and default
gateway addresses to all computers connected to the router’s LAN. The assigned default gateway
address is the LAN address of the router. The router assigns IP addresses to the attached computers
from a pool of addresses specified in this screen. Each pool address is tested before it is assigned to
avoid duplicate addresses on the LAN.

To specify a pool of IP addresses to be assigned, set the starting IP address and ending IP address.
These addresses should be part of the same IP address subnet as the router’s LAN IP address.
Using the default addressing scheme, you should define a range between 192.168.1.2 and
192.168.1.254, although you might wish to save part of the range for devices with fixed addresses.

The router delivers the following parameters to any LAN device that requests DHCP:

An IP address from the range you have defined

Subnet mask

Gateway IP address (the router’s LAN IP address)

Primary DNS server (if you entered a primary DNS address in the Basic Settings screen;
otherwise, the router’s LAN IP address)

Secondary DNS server (if you entered a secondary DNS address in the Basic Settings screen)

To use another device on your network as the DHCP server, or to manually specify the network
settings of all of your computers, clear the Use Router as DHCP Server check box. Otherwise,
leave it selected. If this service is not selected and no other DHCP server is available on your
network, you need to set your computers’ IP addresses manually or they will not be able to access
the router.

Note: For most applications, the default DHCP and TCP/IP settings of the router are

satisfactory. Click the link to the online document

“TCP/IP Networking Basics” in

Appendix B

for an explanation of DHCP and information about how to assign IP

addresses for your network.

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