Determine DHCP server in Android

mrpotts · January 29th, 2011, 03:56 PM

Hello,

How can I find the IP address for the DHCP server my Nexus One is attached to?

I am having a dual-DHCP server conflict but I do not know what the second server is and I do not know how to find the DHCP server IP address on my android phone.

Thanks,
Phil

Frisco · January 29th, 2011, 04:01 PM

Welcome to the forums, mrpotts.

I'm placed your question in the Nexus One forums for you.

mrpotts · January 29th, 2011, 05:29 PM

Thanks. I was heading there but the research I did kept pointing to an Android answer so I went here first

Phil

razvan06 · January 30th, 2011, 02:11 AM

i don't think you can ,i don't know of any way in any phone to find out the automatic address that it gets from the router.

there is a way to enter it manually you know ..

infinite1der · February 2nd, 2011, 11:06 PM

If you use the terminal app, you can issue an 'arp -a' to list the full arp table. If you perform this IMMEDIATELY after a dhcp offer, the server that gave the offer *should* be the only IP in the list.

--JamesT

CodeMonkey · February 3rd, 2011, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by mrpotts

Hello,

How can I find the IP address for the DHCP server my Nexus One is attached to?

I am having a dual-DHCP server conflict but I do not know what the second server is and I do not know how to find the DHCP server IP address on my android phone.

Thanks,
Phil

There's a free app Network Info II that will provide DHCP server and lease details (amongst many other things) - highly useful tool to have for diagnostics.

mrpotts · February 3rd, 2011, 05:19 PM

thanks, i'll check out that app.

Phil