# DHCP with Packetbeat?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dhcp-with-packetbeat/156497>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** packetbeat\
**Created:** [November 13, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dhcp-with-packetbeat/156497 "2018-11-13T14:41:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ariesow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@ariesow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ariesow)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dhcp-with-packetbeat/156497/1 "2018-11-13T14:41:39Z")

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Hi,

May I know if we can use packet beat to monitor DHCP traffic ?

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2018, 3:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dhcp-with-packetbeat/156497/2 "2018-11-13T15:31:29Z")

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Yes, DHCPv4 is supported in Packetbeat 6.5 which will be released soon.

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/packetbeat/master/packetbeat-overview.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/beats/packetbeat/master/packetbeat-overview.html)

> <https://github.com/elastic/beats/pull/7647>

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**Author:** ![ariesow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@ariesow](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ariesow)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 3:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dhcp-with-packetbeat/156497/3 "2018-11-16T03:29:58Z")

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Hi Andrew,

Thanks for you reply. I share proceed with the one on GitHub then. 🙂

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2018, 6:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dhcp-with-packetbeat/156497/4 "2018-11-16T06:41:17Z")

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BTW 6.5.0 was released on Tuesday. You can download it [here](https://www.elastic.co/downloads/beats/packetbeat).

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [December 14, 2018, 6:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/dhcp-with-packetbeat/156497/5 "2018-12-14T06:50:04Z")

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