Sample DHCPv4 client application

Overview

This application starts a DHCPv4 client, gets an IPv4 address from the DHCPv4 server, and prints address, lease time, netmask and router information to a serial console.

Requirements

Networking with the host system

Building and Running

Running DHCPv4 client in Linux Host

These are instructions for how to use this sample application using QEMU on a Linux host to negotiate IP address from DHCPv4 server running on Linux host.

To use QEMU for testing, follow the Networking with QEMU guide.

Here’s a sample server configuration file ‘/etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf’ used to configure the DHCPv4 server:

log-facility local7;
default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;

subnet 192.0.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
  range 192.0.2.10 192.0.2.100;
}

Use another terminal window to start up a DHCPv4 server on the Linux host, using this conf file:

$ sudo dhcpd -d -4 -cf /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases tap0

Run Zephyr samples/net/dhcpv4_client application in QEMU:

west build -b qemu_x86 samples/net/dhcpv4_client
west build -t run

Once DHCPv4 client address negotiation completed with server, details are shown like this:

[dhcpv4] [INF] main: In main
[dhcpv4] [INF] main_thread: Run dhcpv4 client
[dhcpv4] [INF] handler: Your address: 192.0.2.10
[dhcpv4] [INF] handler: Lease time: 600
[dhcpv4] [INF] handler: Subnet: 255.255.255.0
[dhcpv4] [INF] handler: Router: 0.0.0.0

To verify the Zephyr application client is running and has received an ip address by typing:

$ ping -I tap0 192.0.2.10

FRDM_K64F

These are instructions for how to use this sample application running on NXP FRDM-K64F board to negotiate IP address from DHCPv4 server running on Linux host.

Connect ethernet cable from Freedom-K64F board to Linux host machine and check for new interfaces:

$ ifconfig

Add ip address and routing information to interface:

$ sudo ip addr add 192.0.2.2 dev eth1
$ sudo ip route add 192.0.2.0/24 dev eth1

Here’s a sample server configuration file ‘/etc/dhcpd/dhcp.conf’ used to configure the DHCPv4 server:

log-facility local7;
default-lease-time 600;
max-lease-time 7200;

subnet 192.0.2.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
  range 192.0.2.10 192.0.2.100;
}

Use another terminal window to start up a DHCPv4 server on the Linux host, using this conf file:

$ sudo dhcpd -d -4 -cf /etc/dhcp/dhcpd.conf -lf /var/lib/dhcp/dhcpd.leases eth1

Build Zephyr samples/net/dhcpv4_client application:

west build -b frdm_k64f samples/net/dhcpv4_client
west flash

Once DHCPv4 client address negotiation completed with server, details are shown like this:

$ sudo screen /dev/ttyACM0 115200
[dhcpv4] [INF] main: In main
[dhcpv4] [INF] main_thread: Run dhcpv4 client
[dhcpv4] [INF] handler: Your address: 192.0.2.10
[dhcpv4] [INF] handler: Lease time: 600
[dhcpv4] [INF] handler: Subnet: 255.255.255.0
[dhcpv4] [INF] handler: Router: 0.0.0.0

To verify the Zephyr application client is running and has received an ip address by typing:

$ ping -I eth1 192.0.2.10