TP-LINK TL-WR642G User Manual

If the numbers of connected wireless stations go beyond one page, click the Next 
button to go to the next page and click the Previous button to return the previous page. 

: This page will be refreshed automatically every 5 seconds. 

 

Figure 5-14: the DHCP menu 

There are three submenus under the DHCP menu (shown in figure 5-14): 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. 

The router is set up by default as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, 
which provides the TCP/IP configuration for all the PCs that are connected to the router 
on the LAN. The DHCP Server can be configured on the page (shown in figure 5-15): 

 

Figure 5-15: DHCP Settings 

 

 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. 

 

 This field specifies the first of the addresses in the IP address 

pool. 192.168.1.100 is the default start address. 

 

 This field specifies the last of the addresses in the IP address 

pool. 192.168.1.199 is the default end address. 

 

 The Address Lease Time is the amount of time 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 

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