[TriLUG] dhcp relay question

[STaylor at srspos.com]

Foundry uses something a little different.

Depends on your switch. See below for foundry. The first example was 
cisco.

BigIron (config)# int e1
BigIron (config)# ip bootp-gateway 109.157.22.26


Shawn Taylor
Systech Retail Systems
Suite 200 - 5510 Six Forks rd.
Raleigh, NC 27609
1-800-232-0820 ext 127
staylor at srspos.com
 




Michael Thompson <thompson at easternrad.com>
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05/13/2003 10:54 AM
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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


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