3Com Switch 8800 Configuration Guide Chapter 13 DHCP Configuration
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z Selection. The DHCP client only receives the first arriving DHCP_Offer packet if
there are DHCP_Offer packets from several DHCP servers. Then, it retrieves the
IP address carried in the packet, and broadcasts a DHCP_Request packet to each
DHCP server. The packet contains the IP address carried by the DHCP_Offer
packet.
z Acknowledgement. Upon receiving the DHCP_Request packet, the DHCP server
that owns the IP address the DHCP_Request packet carries sends a DHCP_ACK
packet to the DHCP client. And then the DHCP client binds TCP/IP protocol
components to its network adapter.
z IP addresses offered by other DHCP servers (if any) through DHCP_Offer packets
but not selected by the DHCP client are still available for other clients.
2) Second round registration
A second round registration goes through the following steps:
z After going through the first round registration successfully and logging out, when
the DHCP client logs on to the network again, it directly broadcasts a
DHCP_Request packet that contains the IP address assigned to it in the first
round registration instead of a DHCP_Discover packet. .
z Upon receiving the DHCP_Request packet, if the IP address carried in the packet
is still available, the DHCP server owning the IP address answers with a
DHCP_ACK packet to enable the DHCP client to use the IP address again.
z If the IP address is not available (for example, it is occupied by other DHCP client),
the DHCP server answers with a DHCP_NAK packet, which enables the DHCP
client to go through steps in the first round registration.
3) Prolonging the lease time of IP address
An IP address assigned dynamically is valid for a specified lease time and will be
reclaimed by the DHCP server when the time expires. So the DHCP client must update
the lease to prolong the lease time if it is to use the IP address for a longer time.
By default, a DHCP client updates its IP address lease automatically by sending a
DHCP_Request packet to the DHCP server when half of the lease time elapses. The
DHCP server, in turn, answers with a DHCP_ACK packet to notify the DHCP client of
the new lease.
13.2 Configuring General DHCP
General DHCP configuration refers to those that are applicable to both DHCP server
and DHCP relay.
The following sections describe the general DHCP configuration tasks:
z Enabling/Disabling DHCP Service
z Configuring Processing Method of DHCP Packets
z Enabling/Disabling Fake DHCP Server Detection