Enables the sending of a ping packet by the DHCP server to check if the IP address it is about to allocate is already in use by another client. The purpose of this feature is to prevent IP address congestion. Use no ip dhcp ping packets to disable the sending of these ping packets.
Note:
Sending a ping packet before each IP address allocation reduces the rate at which DHCP clients can get new IP addresses from the server. Therefore, by default, ping packets are not sent.
Syntax
[no] ip dhcp ping packets
User level
read-write
Context
general
Example
To configure the DHCP server to send ping packets to an IP address before assigning the IP address to a requesting client:
