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Configuring the dhcp server security functions, Configuration prerequisites, Enabling unauthorized dhcp server detection – H3C Technologies H3C SecPath F1000-E User Manual

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To apply an extended address pool on an interface:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enter interface view.

interface interface-type
interface-number

N/A

3.

Apply an extended address

pool on the interface.

dhcp server apply ip-pool
pool-name

Optional.
By default, the DHCP server has no
extended address pool applied on

its interface, and assigns an IP
address from a common address

pool to a requesting client.

NOTE:

Only an extended address pool can be applied on the interface. The address pool to be referenced must
already exist.

Configuring the DHCP server security functions

Configuration prerequisites

Before performing this configuration, complete the following configurations on the DHCP server:

Enable DHCP

Configure the DHCP address pool

Enabling unauthorized DHCP server detection

Unauthorized DHCP servers on a network may assign wrong IP addresses to DHCP clients.
With unauthorized DHCP server detection enabled, the DHCP server checks whether a DHCP request

contains Option 54 (Server Identifier Option). If yes, the DHCP server records the IP address in the option,
which is the IP address of the DHCP server that assigned an IP address to the DHCP client and records

the receiving interface. The administrator can use this information to check for unauthorized DHCP

servers.
To enable unauthorized DHCP server detection:

Step Command

Remarks

1.

Enter system view.

system-view

N/A

2.

Enable unauthorized DHCP

server detection.

dhcp server detect

Disabled by default.

NOTE:

With the unauthorized DHCP server detection enabled, the firewall logs each detected DHCP server once.
The administrator can use the log information to find unauthorized DHCP servers.

Configuring IP address conflict detection

With IP address conflict detection enabled, the DHCP server pings each IP address to be assigned by
using ICMP. If the server receives a response within the specified period, the server selects and pings