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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2007
Hakki Candan Cankaya, Dallas, TX (US);
Gerard Damm, Plano, TX (US);
Kamakshi Sridhar, Plano, TX (US);
Sven Ooghe, Gentbrugge, BE;
Hakki Candan Cankaya, Dallas, TX (US);
Gerard Damm, Plano, TX (US);
Kamakshi Sridhar, Plano, TX (US);
Sven Ooghe, Gentbrugge, BE;
Alcatel Lucent, Paris, FR;
Abstract
A computer-implemented method for facilitating DHCP diagnostic functionality comprises a plurality of operation. An operation is performed for identifying misconfigurations to a DHCP option configuration of a DHCP agent between a DHCP server and a client of the DHCP server. An operation is performed for confirming proper address concentration configuration with respect to the DHCP agent. An operation is performed for snooping on address assignments from the DHCP server to the client of the DHCP server to determine unauthorized ones of the address assignments.