DHCP Hands Out the Wrong Gateway

Scenario

Fernbank Studios replaced the DHCP appliance on its production floor. Workstations come up with an address straight away, but nothing outside the floor network is reachable from any of them. The address, mask and DNS details all look correct on the affected machines. Restore off-segment connectivity for DHCP clients.

Learning objectives

• dhcp
• default gateway
• dhcp options
• troubleshooting

Topology and configuration

This environment contains 3 devices (1 Dns, 2 Hosts). You configure and troubleshoot the networking skills listed above.

Curriculum topics

• Networking Fundamentals / Network Services - DHCP and DNS

Certification objectives

• ccna-200-301 · Objective 4.6: Configure and verify DHCP client and relay
• comptia-network-plus-n10-009 · Objective 5.3: Troubleshoot common issues with network services