3. Configuring the DSL Router

DHCP Relay Agent

The router provides the capability of serving as a DHCP Relay Agent, as specified in RFC 2131, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. The router provides the capability to enable and disable the DHCP Relay Agent and to configure the IP address of the DHCP server to which the DHCP requests are to be forwarded.

The DHCP server assigns an IP address to the end-user system. When DHCP Relay is enabled, it is possible to limit the number of DHCP clients. The IP Routing Table and ARP Table are automatically updated. The DHCP relay agent in the router should be used when there is a DHCP server upstream in the service domain.

DHCP relay agent setup considerations include the following:

￿DHCP server IP address must be configured.

￿DHCP relay and routing must be enabled; that is, both the server address and the interface closest to the server are configured.

￿The number of DHCP clients can be limited to 1–256.

￿DHCP server and DHCP relay functions cannot be enabled at the same time.

￿NAT and DHCP relay cannot be enabled at the same time.

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