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The DHCP Snooping feature allows you to set the Port connected to the DHCP Server
as the only trusted Port to forward DHCP Response packets ensuring that users get IP
Addresses from the Approved DHCP Server. DHCP Snooping is used to monitor the pro-
cess of the Host obtaining the IP Address from a DHCP Server. It records the IP Address,
MAC address, VLAN and Port Number of the client device for Automatic Binding.
The Bound entry cooperates with ARP Inspection and the other Security Protection
features. The DHCP Snooping feature protects the Network from DHCP Server Cheat
Attacks by discarding the DHCP packets from any untrusted Port(s).
Choose the menu Network Security>>IP-MAC Binding>>IP-MAC DHCP Snooping to
load the following page.
Figure 12-8 IP-MAC DHCP Snooping
The following entries are displayed on this screen:
DHCP Snooping Confi g
DHCP Snooping: Enable/Disable the DHCP Snooping function.
Global Flow Control: Select the value to specify the maximum number of DHCP messages
that can be forwarded by the Switch per second. Any messages in excess
of this number will be discarded.