Lab Objective:
The objective of this lab exercise is for you to learn and understand how to Cisco IOS DHCP Clients.
Lab Purpose:
Configuring the Cisco IOS DHCP client feature is a fundamental skill. DHCP provides dynamic addressing information to hosts on a network. Typically, physical DHCP servers (such as Microsoft Windows servers) are used to provide addressing information to DHCP clients (which are devices that request configuration via DHCP). In most cases, DHCP clients are typically computers and other such devices, however, it is also possible to configure Cisco IOS devices to act as DHCP clients and automatically receive configuration information from a DHCP server. As a Cisco engineer, as well as in the Cisco CCNA exam, you will be expected to know how to configure the Cisco IOS DHCP client feature.
Certification Level:
This lab is suitable for CCNA certification exam preparation
Lab Difficulty:
This lab has a difficulty rating of 5/10
Readiness Assessment:
When you are ready for your certification exam, you should complete this lab in no more than 10 minutes
| IMPORTANT NOTE:
In order to test DHCP functionality, you will need a DHCP server configured and ready to provide IP addressing information. However, this may not be possible, so the purpose of this lab exercise is to be able to configure the IOS DHCP client feature. The solutions guide will provide information on what you would look for if this was a real network with a functioning DHCP server. |
Lab Topology:
Please use the following topology to complete this lab exercise:
Task 1:
Configure the hostnames on routers R1 and Sw1 as illustrated in the topology.
Task 2:
Configure VLAN 100 on Sw1 and name it DHCP_VLAN. Assign port Fa0/2 and Fa0/3 to this VLAN. To prevent DHCP request timeouts, enable the ports to automatically transition to the Spanning Tree Forwarding state.
Task 3:
Assuming the DHCP server is correctly configured, configure R1 F0/0 to receive IP addressing via DHCP. Verify that R1 has received automatic configuration information via DHCP