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I usually only have to do this on very small sites, or occasionally on the test bench. Most of the time we will have a server sat doing DHCP. The procedure below was carried out on a router, but the procedure is the same for a catalyst switch.

By default DHCP is disabled, you have to turn it on, then create a ‘dhcp pool.’

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Petes-Router(config)#service dhcp
Petes-Router(config)#ip dhcp pool DATA-VLAN-10

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Then set the range of addresses and scope options.

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Petes-Router(dhcp-config)#network 172.16.1.0 255.255.255.0
Petes-Router(dhcp-config)#default-router 172.16.1.1
Petes-Router(dhcp-config)#dns-server 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
Petes-Router(dhcp-config)#domain-name petenetlive.com
Petes-Router(dhcp-config)#exit

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Don’t forget to EXCLUDE the ip address of the router/switch from the DHCP scope, and any other static IP’s you have.

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Petes-Router(config)#ip dhcp excluded-address 172.16.1.1

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There’s nothing to stop you running multiple scopes either, below I add another scope for my voice VLAN, and exclude the router IP on that VLAN, and my PBX.

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Petes-Router(config)#ip dhcp pool VOICE-VLAN-11
Petes-Router(dhcp-config)#network 172.16.2.0 255.255.255.0
Petes-Router(dhcp-config)#default-router 172.16.2.1
Petes-Router(dhcp-config)#dns-server 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
Petes-Router(dhcp-config)#exit
Petes-Router(config)#ip dhcp excluded-address 172.16.2.1
Petes-Router(config)#ip dhcp excluded-address 172.16.2.250

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