The DHCP query monitor verifies that a DHCP server is able to lease IP addresses to clients in the network. At least one address must be free for the test to succeed.
System type: All
Category: Directory services
Network Monitor uses the MAC address of the first installed network card on the gateway host to request an IP address from the DHCP server.
The Network Monitor host cannot use DHCP for its own network interface if this monitor is used. If the gateway host machine used DHCP the result could be that Network Monitor might release the IP address allocated to the host.
If the DHCP server is on a different network than your Network Monitor server, either deploy a gateway on that network or implement DHCP forwarding (UDP helper) on the network where Network Monitor is installed.
