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2.Limit
HowmanyIPaddressesarebeinghandedoutbytheDHCPserver.
3.LeaseTime
SpecifytheleasetimeforeachoftheIPaddressesgivenouttonetworkclients.Possiblevaluesrange
from“2m”(twominutes)toaveryhighnumberofhours,forexample“8760h”,whichisasmuchasone
year.
Example:IfyouwanttosetuptheIntellinetaccesspointtoactasaDHCPserverandprovideIPaddresses
forclientsinrangeof192.168.2.180–192.168.2.200,whicharevalidforoneweek,thenyouwouldset
uptheparametersasshownbelow:
TheadvancedsettingsfortheDHCPserverarebesttobeleftalone,unlessyouknowexactlywhatyouare
doing.
Parameter Description
DynamicDHCP DynamicallyallocateDHCPaddressesforclients.Ifdisabled,onlyclientswith
staticleaseswillbeserved.Astaticlease,alsoreferre3dtoasstaticDHCP,is
theprocess,whereacertainIPaddressisreservedforacertainnetworkclient
bymeansofassigningtheIPaddresstothatclient’sMACaddress.
Force ForceDHCPonthisnetworkevenifanotherserverisdetected.
IPv4‐Netmask Ifspecified,theIntellinetaccesspointwillprovidethisnetworkmasktoall
clients.Normallyitiscalculatedfromthesubnetthatisserved,butthis
option,whenactivated,overridesthenetmasksenttoclients.
DHCP‐Options Thisfieldcanbeusedforanynumberofthings.TheBootstrapProtocol
(BOOTP)knowsanumberofDHCPrelatedparameters.Refertothe‘Dynamic
HostConfigurationProtocol(DHCP)andBootstrapProtocol(BOOTP)
Parameters’oniana.orgforfurtherinformation.