CCNA 5.3.c: Configure and verify DHCP on a router – Client

Posted on by Joe Barger (CCNP/CCDP)

Overview:

The Cisco IOS DHCP client enables a device to obtain an IP address from a DHCP Server dynamically using the DHCP protocol.

 

Study Notes:

  • The Cisco IOS DHCP client enables a device to obtain an IP address from a DHCP Server dynamically using the DHCP protocol as specified in RFC 2131.
  • In Cisco IOS Release 12.2, only Ethernet interfaces are supported; work is in progress to support all interface types.
  • The Cisco IOS DHCP client offers the following benefits:
    • Reduces time to configure and deploy
    • Reduces the number of configuration errors
    • Enables customers to centrally control the IP address assigned to a Cisco IOS router

 

PacketTracer Lab: CCNA-5.3.c-Configure-and-verify-DHCP-on-a-router-Client.pkt

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2 comments
  1. joseph yang
    joseph yang
    July 14, 2019 at 4:20 am

    is there a typo “Run the ip interface brief command on Router1 to see the newly assigned IP address to f0/1” you mean router 2?

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