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Triggered when wireless clients fail to obtain DHCP addresses. Alert name: ALERT_WIRELESS_DHCP_FAILURE

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Payload

{
  "metadata": {
    "alert_name": "ALERT_WIRELESS_DHCP_FAILURE",
    "network_name": "Main Office",
    "timestamp": "2026-01-23T21:40:03Z"
  },
  "data": {
    "window_minutes": 15,
    "failure_threshold": 5,
    "dhcp_failures": [
      {
        "access_point": {
          "label": "Floor 2 AP"
        },
        "ssid": {
          "name": "Corporate"
        },
        "mac": "AA:BB:CC:DD:EE:FF"
      }
    ]
  }
}

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Fields

FieldTypeDescription
window_minutesintegerTime window for failure detection
failure_thresholdintegerNumber of failures that triggered the alert
dhcp_failures[].access_point.labelstringName of the access point
dhcp_failures[].ssid.namestringSSID where the failure occurred
dhcp_failures[].macstringMAC address of the client that failed