Hello all,
I'm fairly new to Cisco configuration and I am looking at a problem for a client that involves the use of a Cisco 887 (wired only) as the main router/gateway.
The problem I am investigating involves the allocatoni of DHCP addresses from the device to a product we have designed that connects to the router.
I am attempting to set the 880 up on the bench with no ADSL connection and just use the DHCP feature of the box for the 4 switch ports on the back.
I have tried all kinds of configurations from default. Whatever I do I can't get the router to assign an IP address to anything that is plugged in (Windows or Linux machines). What could I be doing wrong ? It can't be that difficult to get the system to just act as a DHCP server.
Configurations I have tried that don't work are:
Configure DHCP
To configure your router for DHCP operation, perform these steps, beginning in global configuration mode:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. 
ip domain name name
2. ip name-server server-address1 [server-address2...server-address6]
3. ip dhcp excluded-address low-address [high-address]
4. ip dhcp pool name
5. network network-number [mask | prefix-length]
6. import all
7. default-router address [address2...address8]
8. dns-server address [address2...address8]
9. domain-name domain
10. exit
(That didnt work)
Then tried to add a VLAN and bound it to the port being used :
Assign a Switch Port to a VLAN
To assign a switch port to a VLAN, perform these steps, beginning in global configuration mode:
SUMMARY STEPS
1. interface switch port id
2. switchport access vlan vlan-id
3. end
Even checked all the logs and its as if there have been no requests:
Router#show ip dhcp pool
Pool dpool1 :
Utilization mark (high/low) : 100 / 0
Subnet size (first/next) : 0 / 0
Total addresses : 254
Leased addresses : 0
Pending event : none
1 subnet is currently in the pool :
Current index IP address range Leased addresses
192.168.10.1 192.168.10.1 - 192.168.10.254 0
Router#show ip dhcp server statistics
Memory usage 23179
Address pools 1
Database agents 0
Automatic bindings 0
Manual bindings 0
Expired bindings 0
Malformed messages 0
Secure arp entries 0
Message Received
BOOTREQUEST 0
DHCPDISCOVER 0
DHCPREQUEST 0
DHCPDECLINE 0
DHCPRELEASE 0
DHCPINFORM 0
Message Sent
BOOTREPLY 0
DHCPOFFER 0
DHCPACK 0
DHCPNAK 0
Router#
Router#show vlan-switch
VLAN Name Status Ports
---- -------------------------------- --------- -------------------------------
1 default active Fa0, Fa1, Fa2
2 VLAN0002 active Fa3
1002 fddi-default act/unsup
1003 token-ring-default act/unsup
1004 fddinet-default act/unsup
1005 trnet-default act/unsup
VLAN Type SAID MTU Parent RingNo BridgeNo Stp BrdgMode Trans1 Trans2
---- ----- ---------- ----- ------ ------ -------- ---- -------- ------ ------
1 enet 100001 1500 - - - - - 1002 1003
2 enet 100002 1500 - - - - - 0 0
1002 fddi 101002 1500 - - - - - 1 1003
1003 tr 101003 1500 1005 0 - - srb 1 1002
1004 fdnet 101004 1500 - - 1 ibm - 0 0
1005 trnet 101005 1500 - - 1 ibm - 0 0
Is there any way I can get this router to work standalone as a DHCP server and switch with no connection to ADSL ?
I'm pulling my hair out here.
Thanks in advance
Marc
