From: CCIE Candidate (ccie2001ca@xxxxxxxx)
Date: Mon Nov 12 2001 - 19:43:41 GMT-3
Thats what I thought that "bootp" service has nothing
to do with DHCP relay.. ( I was doing it on a 3620). I
remember reading it somewhere that if bootp service is
not enabled on router, router will ignore such
requests and therefore will not forward it to
anywhere.
KJ
--- Courtney Foster <cfoster@cnr.edu> wrote:
> I have DHCP relay (IP Helper) setup on my
> network...and I didn't have to
> enable bootp services...as long as you have a scope
> for the subnet where
> the clients are there should be no problem.
>
> P.S. Routers supporting DHCP relay in my network
> includes...2500, 2600,
> 4700, 7200...no BOOTP services.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CCIE Candidate [mailto:ccie2001ca@yahoo.ca]
> Sent: Monday, November 12, 2001 10:59 AM
> To: Charles Huang; ccielab@groupstudy.com
> Subject: Re: DHCP-Relay and ip bootp server
>
>
> I have configured router only as DHCP Relay, and not
> as DHCP server, but even DHCP Relay does not work
> without bootp services.
>
> KJ
> --- Charles Huang <CharlesNY2000@Yahoo.Com> wrote:
> > "ip helper-address x.x.x.x" is to make the router
> > into a DHCP-Relay agent where x.x.x.x is your DHCP
> > server.
> > if you configured the router to be the DHCP server
> > and it works that means you should check your
> > DHCP server.
> > Make sure your DHCP Server has a scope for the
> > subnet that's requesting the IP address.
> >
> > just my 2 cents
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "CCIE Candidate" <ccie2001ca@yahoo.ca>
> > To: <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 5:26 PM
> > Subject: DHCP-Relay and ip bootp server
> >
> >
> > > Hi Everyone:
> > >
> > > I had a scenario when i configured router to
> > forward
> > > DHCP requests to DHCP server using "ip
> > helper-address"
> > > command, but it didn't work unless I enabled
> bootp
> > > server services on router (ip bootp server).
> > >
> > > Can somebody throw some light why this command
> is
> > > needed for DHCP relay function ?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance
> > >
> > > KJ
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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