Command Reference
ip dhcp ping timeout
To specify how long a Cisco IOS Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server waits for a ping reply from an address pool, use the ip dhcp ping timeout global configuration command. Use the no form of this command to restore the default number of milliseconds (500) of the timeout.
ip dhcp ping timeout milliseconds
no ip dhcp ping timeout
Syntax Description
milliseconds | The amount of time in milliseconds that the DHCP server waits for a |
| ping reply before it stops attempting to reach a pool address for client |
| assignment. The maximum timeout is 10000 milliseconds |
| (10 seconds). The default timeout is 500 milliseconds. |
Defaults
500 milliseconds
Command Modes
Global configuration
Usage Guidelines
This command first appeared in Cisco IOS Release 12.0(1)T.
This command specifies how long to wait for a ping reply in milliseconds.
Examples
The following example specifies that the DHCP server will wait 800 milliseconds for a ping reply before considering the ping a failure:
ip dhcp ping timeout 800
Related Commands
clear ip dhcp conflicts ip dhcp ping packets show ip dhcp conflicts
30Release 12.0(1)T
