Chapter 6 Tutorials

8 Click Save at the top right corner of the web configurator to save the configuration permanently.

9Connect your DHCP server to port 5 and a computer (as DHCP client) to either port 6 or 7. The computer should be able to get an IP address from the DHCP server. If you put the DHCP server on port 6 or 7, the computer will not able to get an IP address.

10To check if DHCP snooping works, go to Advanced Application > IP Source Guard, you should see an IP assignment with the type dhcp-snoopingas shown.

Figure 31 Tutorial: Check the Binding If DHCP Snooping Works

You can also telnet or log into the Switch’s console. Use the command “show dhcp snooping binding” to see the DHCP snooping binding table as shown next.

sysname# show dhcp snooping

binding

Lease

Type

VLAN

Port

MacAddress

 

IpAddress

00:02:00:00:00:1c-----------------

--------------- ------------ ------------- ---- -----

10.10.1.16

6d23h59m20s

dhcp-snooping

100

7

Total number of bindings:

1

 

 

 

 

6.2 How to Use DHCP Relay on the Switch

This tutorial describes how to configure your Switch to forward DHCP client requests to a specific DHCP server. The DHCP server can then assign a specific IP address based on the information in the DHCP requests.

6.2.1 DHCP Relay Tutorial Introduction

In this example, you have configured your DHCP server (192.168.2.3) and want to have it assign a specific IP address (say 172.16.1.18) to DHCP client A based on

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