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DHCP Server Configuration
Wh n configuring the DHCP server, go to th
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ese sections for information you are interested in:
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Introduction to DH
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DHCP Server Configuration Task List
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Enabling DHCP
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Configuring the Global Address Pool Based DHCP Server
sed DHCP Server
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Configuring the Interface Address Pool Ba
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Configuring DHCP Server Security Functions
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Configuring DHCP Accounting Functions
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Enabling the DHCP Server to Process Option 82
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Displaying and Maintaining the DH
DHCP Server Configuration Examples
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shooting a DHCP Server
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Trouble
Currently, the interface-related DHCP server configurations can only be made on VLAN interfaces.
Introduction to DHCP Server
Usag
Gen
etworks to assign IP addresses:
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xed IP address, and the
osts must dynamically obtain IP addresses through DHCP.
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Networks where only a few hosts need fixed IP addresses and most hosts do not need fixed IP
DHCP
address from the pool and sends the IP address and other related
address of the DNS server, and the lease time of the IP address) to the
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erally, DHCP servers are used in the following n
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Large-sized networks, where manual configuration method bears heavy load and is difficult to
manage the whole network in centralized way.
Networks where the number of available IP addresses is less than that of the hosts. In this type of
networks, IP addresses are not enough for all the hosts to obtain a fi
number of on-line users is limited (such is the case in an ISP network). In these networks, a great
number of h
addresses.
Address Pool
A DHCP address pool holds the IP addresses to be assigned to DHCP clients. When a DHCP server
receives a DHCP request from a DHCP client, it selects an address pool depending on the
configuration, picks an IP
parameters (such as the IP
DHCP client.