ZyXEL Communications P-334W User Manual

Prestige 334W User’s Guide 

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DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131 and RFC 2132) allows individual clients to obtain 
TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a server. You can configure the Prestige as a DHCP server or disable 
it. When configured as a server, the Prestige provides the TCP/IP configuration for the clients. If set to None, 
DHCP service will be disabled and you must have another DHCP server on your LAN, or else the computer 
must be manually configured. 
Click MAINTENANCE, and then the DHCP Table tab. Read-only information here relates to your DHCP 
status. The DHCP table shows current DHCP Client information (including IP Address, Host Name and 
MAC Address) of all network clients using the DHCP server. 

 

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

# 

 

This is the index number of the host computer. 

 

IP Address 

This field displays the IP address relative to the # field listed above. 

Host Name  

This field displays the computer host name. 

MAC Address

 

This field shows the MAC address of the computer with the name in the Host Name 
field.  
Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC 
address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, 
for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02. 

Reserve 

Select this check box to have the Prestige always assign this IP address to this MAC 
address (and host name).  

Apply 

Click Apply to have the MAC address and IP address also display in the LAN Static 
DHCP screen (where you can edit them).