Netgear R6200 User Manual download pdf (Page 37)

ADVANCED Home Settings

R6200v2 Smart WiFi Router

Use Router as DHCP Server

For most home networks, this check box is selected so that the router acts as a Dynamic

Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) server.

• Starting IP Address. Specify the start of the range for the pool of IP addresses in the

same subnet as the router.

• Ending IP Address. Specify the end of the range for the pool of IP addresses in the

same subnet as the router.

Address Reservation

When you specify a reserved IP address for a computer on the LAN, that computer receives

the same IP address each time it accesses the router’s DHCP server. Assign reserved IP

addresses to servers that require permanent IP settings. See

Set Up Address Reservation on

page 38.

Role of the Router as a DHCP Server

By default, the router acts as a DHCP server. The router assigns IP, DNS server, and default

gateway addresses to all computers connected to the LAN. The assigned default gateway

address is the LAN address of the router. The router assigns IP addresses to the attached

computers from a pool of addresses specified in the LAN Setup screen. Each pool address is

tested before it is assigned to avoid duplicate addresses on the LAN. For most applications,

the default DHCP and TCP/IP settings of the router are satisfactory.

You can specify the pool of IP addresses that the router assigns by setting the starting IP

address and ending IP address. These addresses should be part of the same IP address

subnet as the router’s LAN IP address. Using the default addressing scheme, define a range

between 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.254, although you might want to save part of the range

for devices with fixed addresses.

The router delivers the following parameters to any LAN device that requests DHCP:

• An IP address from the range that you have defined

• Subnet mask

• Gateway IP address (the router’s LAN IP address)

• DNS server IP address (the router’s LAN IP address)

You can use another device on your network as the DHCP server, or specify the network

settings of all of your computers.

 To disable the DHCP server feature in the router:

1. Select ADVANCED > Setup > LAN Setup.

2. Clear the Use Router as DHCP Server check box.

3. Click the Apply button.

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Netgear R6200 User Manual Page 37