Cisco Systems 520 series manual Configuring a LAN with Dhcp and VLANs

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Configuring a LAN with DHCP and VLANs

The Cisco Secure Router 520 Series routers support clients on both physical LANs and virtual LANs (VLANs). The routers can use the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) to enable automatic assignment of IP configurations for nodes on these networks.

Figure 5-1shows a typical deployment scenario with two physical LANs connected by the router and two VLANs.

Figure 5-1 Physical and Virtual LANs with DHCP Configured on the Cisco Router

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Router and DHCP server—Cisco Secure Router 520 Series router—connected to the Internet

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DHCP, which is described in RFC 2131, uses a client/server router for address allocation. As an administrator, you can configure your Cisco Secure Router 520 Series router to act as a DHCP server, providing IP address assignment and other TCP/IP-oriented configuration information to your workstations. DHCP frees you from having to manually assign an IP address to each client.

When you configure a DHCP server, you must configure the server properties, policies, and DHCP options.

Cisco Secure Router 520 Series Software Configuration Guide

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