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4.9.7 DHCP Snooping

4.9.7.1 DHCP Snooping Overview

The addresses assigned to DHCP clients on unsecure ports can be carefully controlled using the dynamic bindings

registered with DHCP Snooping. DHCP snooping allows a switch to protect a network from rogue DHCP servers or

other devices which send port-related information to a DHCP server. This information can be useful in tracking an IP

address back to a physical port.

Command Usage

 Network traffic may be disrupted when malicious DHCP messages are received from an outside source.

DHCP

snooping is used to filter DHCP messages received on a non-secure interface from outside the network or

firewall

.

When DHCP snooping is enabled globally and enabled on a VLAN interface,

DHCP messages received

on an untrusted interface from a device not listed in the DHCP snooping table will be dropped

.

 Table entries are only learned for trusted interfaces. An entry is added or removed dynamically to the DHCP

snooping table when a client receives or releases an IP address from a DHCP server. Each entry includes a MAC

address, IP address, lease time, VLAN identifier, and port identifier.

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