> Source: [sk100236](https://support.checkpoint.com/results/sk/sk100236)

# sk100236 - DHCP does not provide an IP address on Locally Managed Spark Firewall

| Property | Value |
|----------|-------|
| Solution ID | sk100236 |
| Date Created | 2014-04-12 |
| Last Modified | 2022-07-26 |
| Technical Level | General |
| Products | Spark Firewall (Locally Managed) |
| Versions | R81.10.X |
| Platform | 1570R, 1500, 1600, 1800, 910 |

## Symptoms

- * Even though a subnet was defined, a port/LAN_SW to this subnet was assigned and DHCP is enabled, the appliance does not get DHCP and receives APIPA address instead.

* `ps -aux|grep -i dhc` shows that DHCP daemon is running.

* System logs shows the following error:
  "user.err cposd: \[CPOSD\] DHCP server ip range is empty - DHCP daemon can not be started."

## Cause

A network object has the option "Exclude from DHCP services" enabled (this is not enabled by default).

## Solution

* Delete the object that has "Exclude from DHCP services" selected.

* Clear the checkbox "Exclude from DHCP services" from that object.

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