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Re: DHCP accross router??
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Chuck Mead)
Tue Oct 27 12:08:56 1998
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 12:06:14 -0500 (EST)
From: Chuck Mead <chuck@moongroup.com>
To: Godfrey Nix <g.nix@emnet.co.uk>
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On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, Godfrey Nix wrote:
> Umm, I dont think you can.
Wrong! On a Cisco the syntax is ip-helper or some such. What it
does is it forwards the bootp broadcast to the designated DHCP
server. It works!
> > I need my Linux machine to get its IP address through DHCP. The DHCP server
> > is only reachable through a router. I am having trouble finding out how to
> > configure machines to use DHCP and how to debug DHCP in general. I have
> > found nothing on how to do this. Any pointers are
> > appreciated.
> >
> Godfrey N Nix C.Eng MBCS B.ScTech(Hons)
> Network Operations Manager
> East Midlands Network Ltd (emnet)
> phone 0115 956 8260
> visit http://www.emnet.co.uk
>
>
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