How to check if DHCP Server is running in a network
rkuczyk at univ-paris8.fr
rkuczyk at univ-paris8.fr
Tue May 27 08:50:57 UTC 2008
did you try snoop ou tcpdump ?
Raghavendra wrote:
> Hi,
>
> My requirement is to check whether dhcp server is running in a
> network, where my device is connected? its not on the same device but
> on a different device in some network.
>
> -Raghu
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* y vasavi <mailto:y_vasavi at yahoo.com>
> *To:* dhcp-users at isc.org <mailto:dhcp-users at isc.org>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 27, 2008 12:57 PM
> *Subject:* Re: How to check if DHCP Server is running in a network
>
> one solution for this would be
>
> to check the existence of dhcpd.pid, this would be a file in my
> case it is located in /var/run. you can always do find/locate to
> find the path.
>
> if you can find the file dhcpd.pid, then dhcpd would be running
> otherwise not.
>
> Thanks,
> Vasavi.
>
> --- On *Tue, 5/27/08, Raghavendra /<s.raghu at samsung.com
> <mailto:s.raghu at samsung.com>>/* wrote:
>
> From: Raghavendra <s.raghu at samsung.com>
> Subject: How to check if DHCP Server is running in a network
> To: dhcp-users at isc.org
> Date: Tuesday, May 27, 2008, 12:26 PM
>
> Hi,
>
> I have a requirement where in I have to check after every 3
> minutes whether some dhcp server is enabled/running in the
> network. Enabling dhcp client after every 3 minutes is a big
> over head, so I would like to first search/look if any dhcp
> server running in a network, if so i will enable dhcp client
> to get IP, else I will once again look for dhcp server after 3
> minutes.
>
> Thanx in Advance.
> -Raghu.
>
>
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