Customizing Dhcp Service; Dhcp Security Configuration; Prerequisites; Configuring Private Dhcp Server Detecting - 3Com 5500-SI Configuration Manual

Customizing DHCP
Service
DHCP Security
Configuration

Prerequisites

Configuring Private
DHCP Server Detecting
Configuring IP Address
Detecting
With the evolution of DHCP, new options are constantly coming into being. You can
add the new options as the properties of DHCP servers by performing the following
configuration.
Table 126 Customize DHCP service
Operation
Enter system view
Configure customized Configure for
options the current
interface
Configure for
multiple
interfaces
DHCP security configuration is needed to ensure the security of DHCP service.
Before configuring DHCP security, you should first complete the DHCP server
configuration (either global address pool-based or interface address pool-based DHCP
server configuration).
A private DHCP server on a network also answers IP address request packets and
assigns IP addresses to DHCP clients. However, the IP addresses they assigned may
conflict with those of other hosts and cause users cannot normally access networks.
This kind of DHCP servers are known as private DHCP servers.
With the private DHCP server detecting function enabled, a DHCP server tracks the
information (such as the IP addresses and interfaces) of DHCP servers to enable the
administrator to detect private DHCP servers in time and take proper measures.
Table 127 Enable private DHCP server detecting
Operation
Enter system view
Enable the private DHCP
server detecting function
To avoid IP address conflicts caused by assigning the same IP address to multiple
DHCP clients simultaneously, you can configure a DHCP server to detect an IP address
before it assigns the address to a DHCP client.
IP address detecting is achieved by performing ping operations. To detect whether or
not an IP address is currently in use, the DHCP server sends an ICMP (Internet Control
Message Protocol) packet with the IP address to be assigned as the destination and
waits for a response. If the DHCP server receives no response within a specified time,
it resends an ICMP packet. This procedure repeats on and on until the DHCP server
Command
system-view
interface interface-type
interface-number
dhcp server option code { ascii
ascii-string | hex
hex-string&<1-10> | ip-address
ip-address&<1-8> }
quit
dhcp server option code { ascii
ascii-string | hex
hex-string&<1-10> | ip-address
ip-address&<1-8> } { interface
interface-type interface-number [
to interface-type
interface-number ] | all }
Command Description
system-view -
dhcp server Required
detect By default, the private DHCP server detecting
function is disabled.

DHCP Security Configuration 137

Description
-
Required
By default, no
customized option
is configured.