TROUBLESHOOTING DHCP

If you are using files to store DHCP databases rather than nisplus, you should have few problems to troubleshoot. The following common DHCP server problems may occur:

  • The reutilization of IP addresses. It may happen that one or more IP addresses included in the DHCP scope are statically assigned to other hosts. In this case, there is conflict of IP addresses. Use the snoop command in conjunction with the ping command to find the MAC address of the other host that is using the conflicting IP address.

  • Same IP address included in scopes of multiple DHCP servers. An IP conflict may also occur if overlapping IP addresses are included in the scope of multiple DHCP servers. You should use DHCP Administrator or dhcpconfig to correct ...

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