Dell SonicWALL GX250 Manual

Page 110 DHCP SERVER4. Enter the domain name registered for your network in the Domain Name field.An example of a domain name is "your-domain.com". If you do not have a domainname, leave this field blank.5. Select Set DNS Servers using the SonicWALL Network settings to use theDNS servers that you specified in the SonicWALL Network section.If you wish to use different DNS servers than the ones specified in the SonicWALLNetwork section, then select Specify manually. Enter your DNS Serveraddresses in the DNS Server 1, DNS Server 2, and DNS Server 3 fields. TheDNS servers are used by computers on your LAN to resolve domain names to IPaddresses. You only need to enter one DNS Server address, but multiple DNSentries improve performance and reliability.6. Enter your WINS Server address(es) in the WINS Server 1 and WINS Server2 fields. WINS Servers resolve Windows-based computer names to IP addresses.If you do not have a WINS server, leave these fields blank.7. Dynamic Ranges are the ranges of IP addresses dynamically assigned by theDHCP server. The Dynamic Ranges should be in the same subnet as the Son-icWALL LAN IP Address.Enter the beginning IP address of your LAN IP address range in the Range Startfield. Enter the ending IP address in the Range End field. Select the Allow BootPclients to use range checkbox if you want BootP clients to receive IP leases.Then click Update. When the SonicWALL has been updated, a message confirmingthe update is displayed at the bottom of the browser window.Continue this process until you have added all the desired dynamic ranges.Note: The DHCP Server will not assign an IP address from the dynamic range if theaddress is already being used by a computer on your LAN.8. The DHCP Server can also assign Static Entries, or static IP addresses, to com-puters on the LAN. Static IP addresses should be assigned to servers that requirepermanent IP settings.Enter the IP address assigned to your computer or server in the Static IPAddress field. Enter the Ethernet (MAC) address of your computer or server in theEthernet Address field. Then click Update. When the SonicWALL has beenupdated, a message confirming the update is displayed at the bottom of your Webbrowser window.Continue this process until you have added all the desired static entries.Note: The SonicWALL DHCP server may assign a total of 254 dynamic and static IPaddresses.