Re: Helper address and directed broadcast Question

From: Anthony Bonilla (anthonybonilla.ccie@gmail.com)
Date: Wed Feb 21 2007 - 23:12:28 ART


Any takers? Can someone pls answer the following question because I have
tried searching archives but hasn't been able to find a definitive answer as
yet? Would appreciate someone's help with this.

Thx.

On 2/19/07, Anthony Bonilla <anthonybonilla.ccie@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hello GS,
>
> First of all, I would like to apologize for asking this basic (for some on
> this group) question but I have this doubt in my mind for some time now and
> wanted to see if someone from this group can help me understand this
> concept. If we enable HSRP on a router for users connected to one of it's
> LAN interfaces (LAN interface of router R1 in the below presentation) and
> then use broadcast address of another router's LAN segment (say, LAN
> interface between R3 and R4) as the address for IP HELPER ADDRESS command,
> where would I need to worry about enabling directed broadcast?
>
> LAN --- R1 --- Serial --- R2 --- Serial --- R3 ---- LAN ---- R4
>
> Also, if someone would be kind enough to let me know if I need to enable
> broadcast support at all if the helper address is, let's say, R4's
> LAN interface address?
>
> I look forward to your response to this question.
>
> TIA,
>
> Tony.



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