Re: How a router decides from which DHCP pool to return address

From: Petr Lapukhov (petrsoft@gmail.com)
Date: Mon May 15 2006 - 04:16:04 ART

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Hello,

Basically, DHCP server consults either incoming interface or "giaddr"
field (relay agent IP) in DHCP packet.

HTH
Petr

2006/5/15, Popgeorgiev Nikolay <nikolay.popgeorgiev@siemens.com>:
>
> Dear group,
>
> At first I thought that the router returns an address depending on its
> interface addresses, but what if it returns an address which doesn't have
> anything in common with its interfaces.
>
>
> For example
>
>
>
>
> R5(ip address dhcp)--R1(dhcp-server) ---R2(helper address)---R3(ip address
> dhcp)
>
>
> I have two pools in R1 doesn't matter their ips. From which pool R3 and R5
> will take their addresses
>
> Thanks
> Nick
>
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