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client the use of that IP address for the same amount of
time. If the client no longer requires the IP address, the
address is freed and returned to the pool of available
addresses to be used again. The default value is
60 minutes.
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Default Gateway
Enter the IP address of the WAN router used by LAN
clients to access the Internet. If NAT is being used this
will be the LAN IP address of the Internet Firewall.
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Subnet Mask
Use this value to determine what subnet an IP address
belongs to.
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Domain Name
Type the registered domain name for the network in the
Domain Name
box, for example:
3Com.com.
If you do
not have a Domain Name leave this blank.
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DNS Servers
A DNS Server translates human readable host names
into the numeric IP addresses used by computers to
route information to the correct machine. You can use
multiple DNS servers to improve performance and
reliability. To specify these manually select the
Specify
Manually
radio box and type the IP address of the DNS
Server(s) in these boxes.
Alternatively, if you are using NAT with DHCP client you
can select the
Set DNS Servers by Internet Firewalls
DHCP Client
to have these fields set automatically
.
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