web_gui:dhcp_server [IG Manual]

====== DHCP Server - Advanced ======

DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol and is a protocol for auto-configuration of IP interfaces. [[wp>DHCP|Learn more about DHCP]]

==== Fixed addresses ==== 

Here you can specify which IP addresses the DHCP server should give to certain clients. (Usually this is not necessary - the DHCP server chooses addresses by itself from the specified address range.)

**IP Address** the IP address to be given to the client. Must be within the corresponding port's subnet, but does not need to be within the "From/To" range given to the DHCP server.

**MAC address** the unique MAC address of the client to receive the IP address.

**Known hosts** list of hosts known by this unit. The list can be used to ease configuration by pressing **Add this host**. (After that the IP address can be changed if desired.) Press "Apply" after you are finished.