[NTLUG:Discuss] DHCP diagnostic program

Robert Citek robert.citek at gmail.com
Mon May 9 23:12:13 CDT 2011


On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Preston Hagar <prestonh at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Leroy Tennison
> <leroy_tennison at prodigy.net> wrote:
>> I'm looking for a program to test DHCP server responses.  Specifically, I
>> need a program where I can specify the DHCP server and options I want
>> returned (option 176 specifically since this is telephony-related) and have
>> it display the results (preferably without assigning anything to the host).
>>  Any ideas?  Thanks for your help.
>>
>
> This may be too basic for what you are looking for, but the check_dhcp
> script in Nagios can do most of what you want.   In ubuntu, you would
> do

That is fantastic.  Thanks, Preston.  I've been looking everywhere for
such a tool to diagnose/troubleshoot DHCP server setups.

Regards,
- Robert



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