Alcatel Unleashed

Hi everybody,

I bought an Omniswitch 6400 and had done some basic configuration:

ip interface vlan_1_name address 192.168.1.1 vlan 1
aaa authentication default local
changing passwort and name

The switch currently runs AOS 6.4.4.342.R01.

After that, I uploaded dhcpd.conf with the following content:
server-identifier vxTarget;
subnet 192.168.1.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
dynamic-dhcp range 192.168.1.100 192.168.1.255 {
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option dhcp-lease-time 8600;
}
}

Furthermore I have created an empty dhcpd.pcy file and uploaded both to /flash/switch

After that i promted the following commands
dhcp-server enable
dhcp-server restart

The output was: +++ /flash/switch/dhcpd.conf processed with 1 subnets

But by connecting a client to the switch, no ip address is given from the switch. What is wrong?

Thank you for your replies!

Hi,

It doesnt seems to be something wrong.
Try write memory and copy working certified, and then reload.

Have you seen something capturing traffic???

Thank you for your reply! No, the client does not send any packages and get a 169.x.x.x ip address. But I havent done write memory and copy working certified.

I want to use the switch for a LAN party and bought it because it was a smart offer. Is there anything else that needs to be focused on regarding the switch configuration? Port Rules etc?

I'd update to a more current code (just to be sure)
The ports for you clients are in vlan 1?
normally you should not need any addtitional commands if you need just a plain switch.

Hi devnull,

what do you mean with a more current code?

I have just done the setup written in my first post. Do I need to assign all the ports to vlan 1 or are they autmatically in vlan 1 with the command "ip interface vlan_1_name address 192.168.1.1 vlan 1"? I just want one vlan with a dhcp server assigning the ip addresses to the clients.

Yes, I just need a plain switch. If I understand you right, I just need to do the following:
dhcp-server enable
dhcp-server restart
write memory
copy working certified
reload

Correct?

Thank you in advance!

The lateste maintenance Version for 6.4.4 is 6.4.4.707 the version i would install is 6.4.5.635
There have been plenty of dhcp related fixes if i remember correctly hence test the current code first.

If you have nothing configured all ports are in vlan 1 - having an IP interface in vlan 1 has nothing to do with that (but is afaik needed to act as dhcp server)

you have a dhcpd.pcy file as well ?

Have you tested with examples out of the manuals and/or example files from https://service.esd.alcatel-lucent.com/ ... c6ToRdx5gi

edit: i think manual says restart first (to read configs) then enable..

yes, i tried these files and the included dhcpd.pcy file is not working for me -> parsing error. So I created an empty dhcpd.pcy file on the switch.

I have nothing configured on the switch regarding vlan and ports. I have just done this "ip interface vlan_1_name address 192.168.1.1 vlan 1"

ok, so i will try
dhcp-server restart
dhcp-server enable