Introduction
Command-line syntax
Dhcpcmd commands
AddIpRange
AddReservedIp
EnumClients
MibCounts
ServerConfig
You can use the Dhcpcmd utility as an auxiliary tool to administer DHCP servers.
dhcpcmd server_IP_address command [command options]
The following Dhcpcmd commands are available:
AddIpRange
Used to add a range of IP addresses to an existing scope.
Syntax: dhcpcmd scope_address addiprange start_IP_range end_IP_range
Example: dhcpcmd 127.0.0.1 addiprange 11.101.0.0 11.101.4.1 11.101.4.254
Used to add a reserved IP address to an existing scope.
Syntax: dhcpcmd scope_address addreservedip reserved_IP_address hardware_string
where hardware_string represents the hardware address.
Example: dhcpcmd 127.0.0.1 addreservedip 11.101.0.0 11.101.13.53 08002B30369B
Used to list the lease information in a different format.
Syntax: dhcpcmd scope_address enumclients [-v | -h]
where
| Option | Meaning |
| -v | Lists detailed lease information. |
| -h | Lists lease information with hardware information. |
Example : dhcpcmd 127.0.0.1 enumclients 11.101.0.0 -h
Displays the current DHCP server statistics.
Used to display current server parameters, or to set server parameters.
Syntax: dhcpcmd scope_address config_parameter value
Examples:
dhcpcmd 127.0.0.1 serverconfig
Displays current parameters.
dhcpcmd 127.0.0.1 serverconfig backupinterval 15
Sets the database backup interval to 15 minutes.