Troubleshooting steps for ABC three strokes DHCP (1)

In the previous article, we have explained the DHCP fault handling process and some illustration results. I believe you should be impressed with this. Today, we will explain the DHCP troubleshooting steps. There are three major steps in total, some of which can be mastered.

Plan

DHCP troubleshooting Step 1. Check whether the physical connection is smooth

Configure an IP address on the NIC connected to the client and the server to ensure that the IP address is in the same network segment as the IP address of the server interface GigabitEthernet1/0/0. Ping the IP address of the GigabitEthernet1/0/0 interface from the client. If the IP address can be pinged, the connection is smooth and physical line faults can be ruled out.

You can also enable DHCP debugging on the server to check whether the client's DHCPDISCOVER packet can be received.