I saw that someone else was having the issue and I have the answer. For the record, I still cannot get the switch to act as a DHCP Server, but at least I can enable the DHCP Server.
By default, the switch comes with a Native VLAN (VLAN 1), that VLAN has DHCP enable on it to so when you plug in to the switch (with factory settings) you can get signed in to the switch. So if you do a:
1.) sho ip int vlan 1
It should have something like this, except instead of saying "Static" under "Type" it will say "DHCP" and the IP Address (by default) says 0.0.0.0/24
IP Address I/F I/F Status Type Directed Precedence Status
admin/oper Broadcast
------------------- ---------- ------------- ----------- ---------- ---------- -----------
1.1.1.1/24 vlan 1 DOWN/DOWN Static disable No Valid
To fix, do the following:
1.) config t
2.) int vlan 1
3.) ip address 1.1.1.1 255.255.255.255
(pick an IP if you're not going to use the management vlan (vlan1)). I picked 1.1.1.1
4.) shutdown
5.) do sh ip int vlan 1 (to make sure it got saved and it shows Type: Static and not DHCP anymore
6.) ip dhcp server
7.) exit
8.) copy running-config startup-config
If you wish, you can set up DHCP Now
1.) config t
2.) ip dhcp pool network test (test is the name of your pool)
3.) address low 192.168.2.1 high 192.168.2.199 255.255.255.0
4.) default-router 192.168.2.254 (the IP of your VLAN interface - not VLAN 1)
5.) dns-server 192.168.2.200 (the IP of your DNS Server / router if applicable)
ip dhcp pool network test
address low 192.168.2.1 high 192.168.2.199 255.255.255.0
dns-server 192.168.2.200
Hope this helps someone if not everyone because I couldn't find information on the web w/o posting on a different forum and having someone else help me.
Thanks.
