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Help with D-Link DWR978 5G router please

First of all could I apologise that I know very little about networking and its terminology (although I am trying to learn).
I am currently transitioning from a Draytek Vigor 2860 router to a D-Link DWR978 5G router as I am now able to get 5G broadband about 40 times faster than my fibre to the cabinet lines.

The problem that I have is that there are certain items in my home that have to have a static IP address. This was very simple to achieve on the Draytek router by going into the "Bind IP to MAC" setting in the Draytek menu. Unfortunately I cannot see the equivalent menu in the DWR978. Is IP to MAC binding possible in this router, and if so, how is it achieved?

Here is a link to the manual: https://ftp.dlink.de/dwr/dwr-978/documentation/DWR-978_man_reva_Manual_en.pdf

Any help much appreciated!
 
I don't immediately spot that functionality which I would have expected near p.16 regarding configuration of the DHCP server. There's a later section on static IP addresses (p.79) where they want you to configure directly on client devices.

As a temporary work-around, you could cable the Draytek WAN (configured for DHCP-client or "automatic") to the D-Link LAN, ensuring the D-Link LAN subnet does not overlap the Draytek LAN subnet so that you have your old functionality and access to the internet until you find a good fix.

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