Chapter 6 Network

Configuring DHCP Relay

You can configure DHCP Relays from the DHCP Relay page (Network > DHCP Server > DHCP Relay tab). From this page, you can:

Enable/disable the DHCP Relay option

Configure the device as a Central DHCP agent with or with out the Relay Over VPN option

Configure the device as a Remote DHCP Relay Agent

The following figure shows the DHCP Relay page.

Figure 6–15: DHCP Server: DHCP Relay Page

The following table shows the configuration parameters to set up DHCP Relay

Table 6–5: Network: DHCP Relay Configuration Parameters

Parameter

Description

 

 

 

 

Enable DHCP

Select this option to enable DHCP Relay. You must disable the DHCP server before

Request

using this feature.

Relaying

 

 

 

Central DHCP

Select this option if the device is directly connected to a network that contains the

Relay Agent

DHCP server (that is, the device is in the head office next to the DHCP Server). In

 

this configuration, the device receives requests from remote agents (possibly X

 

family devices) and forwards them to the DHCP server on its LAN.

 

 

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