Chapter 6 Tutorials
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
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 |
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10.10.1.16 | 6d23h59m20s | 100 | 7 | |||
Total number of bindings: | 1 |
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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) and gateway information to
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