Switch Management Commands 1907• high-address—An IPv4 address indicating the ending range for exclusionfrom automatic DHCP address assignment. The high-address must benumerically greater than the low-address.Default ConfigurationBy default, no IP addresses are excluded from the lists configured by the IPDHCP pool configuration.Command ModeGlobal Configuration modeUser GuidelinesThis command has no user guidelines.Exampleconsole#ip dhcp excluded-address 192.168.20.1 192.168.20.3ip dhcp ping packetsUse the ip dhcp ping packets command in Global Configuration mode toconfigure the number of pings sent to detect if an address is in use prior toassigning an address from the DHCP pool. If neither ping is answered, theDHCP server presumes the address is not in use and assigns the selected IPaddress.Syntaxip dhcp ping packets {0, 2-10}no ip dhcp ping packets• count—The number of ping packets sent to detect an address in use. Thedefault is 2 packets. Range 0, 2-10. A value of 0 turns off address detection. Usethe no form of the command to return the setting to the default value.Default ConfigurationThe command has no default configuration.
