Configure DHCP pool

You then need to create a DHCP pool on the interface concerned for all the devices in the LAN, such as the slave access points and the employee devices that will later be connected via the WLAN.

To do this, go to the menu Local Services -> DHCP Server ->IP Pool Configuration -> New.

For the IP Pool Name, you can use Devices , for example.
For the IP Address Range for the first branch router, use e. g. 10.1.0.10 to 10.1.0.254 . This means that, in this case, another eight addresses are free below 10.1.0.10 for other statically configured devices.
Press OK to confirm your entries.

In the Local Services -> DHCP Server -> DHCP Configuration -> New menu, you can perform additional configuration.

Select the Interface en1-0 .
Select a valid IP Pool Name, here e. g. Devices .
The Pool Usage is set to Local .
Click Advanced Settings.
The setting User Router as Gateway is retained under Gateway. This means that all the DHCP-capable devices in the network can access the default gateway under the current IP address of interface en1-0.
The Lease Time is set to 120 minutes.
For DHCP Options, click Add.
First specify the DNS server's IP address. To do this, under Option select DNS Server and, under Value, enter the IP address of interface en1-0 e. g. 10.1.0.1 .
Click Add.
Under Option, select CAPWAP Controller and, under Value, enter the IP address of the WLAN controller at head office, thus, in our case 10.0.0.123 .
Press OK to confirm your entries.

	Note
	It is not essential that you set up any other DHCP options for the slave access points and WLAN devices. However, configuring the `DNS domain name` , `time server` , etc. can be useful and depends on the infrastructure present.

	Note
	We do not recommend that you set up, on the branch router instead of the local DHCP server, a so-called DHCP relay to a DHCP server located at head office. Because that would mean that, at head office, you could no longer easily see from the slave access points' IP address range and from the employees' devices which branch the device concerned was located in. Moreover, if you were using DHCP relay and the Internet access or the VPN failed, the employees' devices might no longer be able to log into the relevant location's local network because they would no longer be getting an IP address via DHCP.

This completes the configuration of the branch router. Save the configuration with Save configuration and confirm the selection with OK.