Cabletron Systems CSX1200, CSX1000 manual Sample Configuration IP Router with Dhcp Proxy Client

CONFIGURING ADVANCED IP ROUTING

DHCP Proxy Client

The DHCP Proxy Client feature is not applicable for the CyberSWITCH running in IP HOST mode.

DHCP servers must support use of the broadcast bit in order to obtain IP addresses for WAN (Direct Host) interfaces.

SAMPLE CONFIGURATION: IP ROUTER WITH DHCP PROXY CLIENT

The following illustrates a typical use of the DHCP Proxy Client. This configuration has the DHCP server and the CyberSWITCH located on the same LAN:

DHCP Server

192.168.1.5

ETHERNET

192.168.1.168

ISDN

192.168.10.168

CSX1200

IP Router w/ DHCP

Proxy Client ("Chloe")

IPCP Remote Device

("Summer")

In this configuration, the remote IPCP device, “Summer”, is able to negotiate and obtain its IP address from the system’s IP Address Pool. IP addresses have been obtained from the DHCP server for the WAN interface 192.168.10.0. The following describes the configuration necessary for the CyberSWITCH (IP router) in the above diagram.

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