DHCP Cisco IOS

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DHCP Server

IOS DHCP Servers service is installed Cisco Router IOS and not on Cisco Switch IOS.

DHCP Server example with fixed options

! 
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.22.1 192.168.22.99
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.22.200 192.168.22.255
!
ip dhcp pool STUDENTS
  network 192.168.22.0 255.255.255.0
  domain-name tekkom.dk
  default-router 192.168.22.1
  dns-server 192.168.22.223 
!

DHCP Server often used SHOW commands

Show leased addresses

Mercantec#show ip dhcp binding
IP address       Client-ID/Hardware address	 	Lease expiration            Type
192.168.22.100   0063.5973.636f.9da6.                   Jan 25 2009 12:30 AM        Automatic
192.168.22.101   0063.6c72.636f.6e38.                   Jan 25 2009 12:53 AM        Automatic
192.168.22.108   0063.7e7a.636f.247f.                   Jan 25 2009 14:32 AM        Automatic

Show Server statistics

Mercantec#show ip dhcp server statistics
Memory usage         13906
Address pools        1
Database agents      1
Automatic bindings   1
Manual bindings      0
Expired bindings     0
Malformed messages   0

Message              Received
BOOTREQUEST          0
DHCPDISCOVER         1
DHCPREQUEST          1
DHCPDECLINE          0
DHCPRELEASE          0
DHCPINFORM           0

Message              Sent
BOOTREPLY            0
DHCPOFFER            1
DHCPACK              1
DHCPNAK              0

Show imported parameters from DHCP Client

This show command is used to see which DHCP server options that are imported from the Client. For example when connecting to an ISP the DHCP Client receives DNS server IP Addresses, that the inside clients need to use. This information is imported into the DHCP server.

Mercantec#show ip dhcp import
Address Pool Name: Client
Domain Name Server(s): 10.0.0.2
NetBIOS Name Server(s): 10.0.0.2
Domain Name Option: CRemote#show ip dhcp import
Address Pool Name: Client
Domain Name Server(s): 10.0.0.2
NetBIOS Name Server(s): 10.0.0.2
Domain Name Option: TDC-Internet
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==DHCP Client ==

=== DHCP Client simple example ===
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interface FastEthernet0/1
  ip address dhcp

DHCP Client and Server with NAT/PAT example

ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.22.1 192.168.22.99
ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.22.200 192.168.22.255
!
ip dhcp pool HETH
   network 192.168.22.0 255.255.255.0
   domain-name tekkom.dk
   default-router 192.168.22.1
   dns-server 192.168.22.223
!
interface FastEthernet0/0
 description Inside. Internal LAN
 ip address 192.168.22.1 255.255.255.0
 ip nat inside
!
interface FastEthernet0/1
  description Outside: Internet connection to ISP
 ip address dhcp
 ip nat outside
!
ip nat inside source list 1 interface FastEthernet0/1 overload
!
access-list 1 permit 10.0.0.0 0.255.255.255
access-list 1 permit 172.16.0.0 0.15.255.255
access-list 1 permit 192.168.0.0 0.0.255.255

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