[TriLUG] dhcp relay question

[Michael Thompson]

On Tue, 2003-05-13 at 08:43, Mike Johnson wrote:
> Chris Bullock [cgbullock at cox.net] wrote:
> > Newbie routing/dhcp question!!
> > 
> > Running DHCP on a Mandrake box to privide dhcp services to our network. 
> > I am not able to provide DHCP to subnets beyond the network that the 
> > server lives on.  It is my understanding that routers do not broadcast 
> > DHCP request.  I am using a Mandrake box also to do static routing.  If 
> > I install and configure dhcp relay on the routers should this allow 
> > other subnets to obtain a dhcp ack?  
> 
> Yes.  DHCP is ethernet broadcast, which is not repeated by layer 3
> (routers) devices (normally), only layer 2 (switches/hubs).  If you 
> set your routers to relay DHCP, they'll do what you want.  

Just curious, how do you do that?  (If there is a short answer...)

I know I could RTFM but...  :)

--mike