TL-WR340G/TL-WR340GD 54Mbps Wireless Router User Guide
 
 
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4.6  DHCP 
 
Figure 3-24 The DHCP menu 
There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in Figure 3-24):  DHCP Settings, 
DHCP Clients List and  Address Reservation. Click any of them, and you will be able to 
configure the corresponding function. The detailed explanations for each submenu are provided 
below. 
4.6.1  DHCP Settings 
The router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, which 
provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PC(s) that are connected to the router on the LAN. 
The DHCP Server can be configured on the page (shown in Figure 3-25): 
 
Figure 3-25 DHCP Settings 
¾  DHCP Server - Enable or Disable the DHCP server. If you disable the Server, you must 
have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually configure the 
computer. 
¾  Start IP Address - This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address pool. 
192.168.1.100 is the default start address. 
¾  End IP Address - This field specifies the last of the addresses in the IP address pool. 
192.168.1.199 is the default end address. 
¾  Address Lease Time - The Address Lease Time is the amount of time in which a network 
user will be allowed connection to the router with their current dynamic IP Address. Enter the 
amount of time, in minutes. The user will be "leased" this dynamic IP Address. The range of 
the time is 1 ~ 2880 minutes. The default value is 120 minutes. 
¾  Default Gateway - (Optional.) Suggest to input the IP address of the LAN port of the router, 
default value is 192.168.1.1