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Linux router

Jan Hugo Prins

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02-23-2006, 06:23 AM

On Mon, 20 Feb 2006 07:01:27 +0000, Tauno Voipio wrote:

> Mikhail wrote:
>
> For the router's clients, you'll need a DHCP relay agent. Google for
> possible daemons.
>
> There is one problem, though: The DHCP server should know the clients by
> MAC/other ID so that it's able to lease an address in the proper subnet.

The DHCP server should know what subnet to serve from the DHCP Relay
agent. The Relay agent is always in the subnet that it serves. So by
knowing the address of the relay agent it knows the subnet.

Jan Hugo

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