IP Configuration
DHCP Server
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To define an excluded address range:
STEP 1 Click IP Configuration > IPv4 Management and Interfaces > DHCP Server >
Excluded Addresses to display the Excluded Addresses page.
The previously-defined excluded IP addresses are displayed.
STEP 2 To add a range of IP addresses to be excluded, click Add, and enter the fields:
• Start IP Address—First IP address in the range of excluded IP addresses.
• End IP Address—Last IP address in the range of excluded IP addresses.
STEP 3 Click Apply. The Running Configuration file is updated.
Static Hosts
You might want to assign some DHCP clients a permanent IP address that never
changes. This client is then known as a static host.
To manually allocate a permanent IP address to a specific client:
STEP 1 Click IP Configuration > IPv4 Management and Interfaces > DHCP Server > Static
Hosts to display the Static Hosts page.
The static hosts are displayed.
STEP 2 To add a static host, click Add, and enter the fields:
• IP Address—Enter the IP address that was statically assigned to the host.
• Host Name—Enter the host name, which can be a string of symbols and an
integer.
• Mask—Enter the static host’s network mask.
- Network Mask—Check and enter the static host’s network mask.
- Prefix Length—Check and enter the number of bits that comprise the
address prefix.
• Identifier Type—Set how to identify the specific static host.
- Client Identifier—Enter a unique identification of the client specified in
hexadecimal notation, such as: 01b60819681172.
or:
- MAC Address—Enter the MAC address of the client.