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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2014
Alcatel-lucent, Boulogne Billancourt, FR;
Ramaswamy Subramanian, Ottawa, CA;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and machine readable storage medium is disclosed for handling Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) at a first DHCP server. The method may include receiving, via a configuration file at the first DHCP server, a priority for each of a plurality of subnets; assigning the priority to each of the plurality of subnets; receiving a DHCP Discover message from a client; in response to receipt of a DHCP Discover message from a client, selecting a subnet having a highest priority from said plurality of subnets; selecting an Internet Protocol (IP) address from said selected subnet having a highest priority; and transmitting a DHCP Offer message to said client, offering said selected IP address.