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Chapter 5 - Configuring LAN Settings
ASUS SL1200
2. Enter the information for the IP Address Pool (Begin/End Address),
Subnet Mask, Lease Time and Default Gateway IP Address.Other
fields, such as Primary/Secondary DNS Server IP Address and
Primary/Secondary WINS Server IP Address, are optional. However,
it is recommended that you enter the primary DNS server IP address.
You may enter the LAN IP or your ISP’s DNS IP in the primary DNS
Server IP Address field. Table 5.2 describes the DHCP configuration
parameters in detail.
Table 5.2. DHCP Configuration Parameters
Field Description
IP Address Pool
Begin/End
Specify the lowest and highest addresses in the DHCP ad-
dress pool.
Subnet Mask Enter the subnet mask to be used for the DHCP address
pool.
Lease Time The duration the assigned address will be used by a de-
vice connected on the LAN.
Default Gateway IP
Address
The address of the default gateway for computers that
receive IP addresses from this pool. The default gateway is
the device that the DHCP client computers first contacted
to communicate with the Internet. Typically, it is the router’s
LAN port IP address.
Primary/Secondary DNS
Server IP Address
The IP address of the Domain Name System server to be
used by computers that receive IP addresses from this
pool. The DNS server translates common Internet names
that you type into your web browser into their equivalent
numeric IP addresses. Typically, the server(s) are located
with your ISP. However, you may enter LAN IP address of
the router as it will serve as DNS proxy for the LAN com-
puters and forward the DNS request from the LAN to DNS
servers and relay the results back to the LAN computers.
The primary and secondary DNS servers are optional.
Primary/Secondary WINS
Server IP Address (op-
tional)
The IP address of the WINS servers to be used by
computers that receive IP addresses from the DHCP IP
address pool. You do not need to enter this information un-
less your network has WINS servers.
3. Click < Apply> to save the DHCP server configurations.