Patton electronic 2621 Router User Manual


 
Introduction 85
Models 2603, 2621, and 2635 Getting Started Guide 8 • DHCP and DNS Configuration
Figure 55. DHCP Server web page
The server needs to have a subnet of IP addresses which will be allocated when a DHCP client makes a request.
Define the subnet by clicking on the hyperlink Create new Subnet... The next webpage, ‘Create new DHCP
Server subnet’ has four sections.
Parameters for this subnet: defines the subnet and netmask, the origin of the subnet, maximum lease time,
and default lease time.
IP addresses to be available on this subnet: either define the IP address range for the DHCP server IP pool,
or use the default range which is a set of 20 IP addresses.
DNS server option information: enter the IP addresses of the primary and secondary DNS servers which
are provided to the DHCP clients.
Default gateway option information: You may use the local host as the default gateway.
figure 56 shows the entire configuration web page for the DHCP server.