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
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
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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