Re: Multiple Subnet DHCP

[Brian Long <brilong cisco com>]

Dean,

Each subnet's default router will need to have a ip helper address with
your DHCP server IP address.  This way the DHCP broadcast will reach
your DHCP server on a different subnet.

/Brian/

On Fri, 2004-07-02 at 06:17, Dean Maluski wrote:
> We are upgrading at work from a single subnet to 4 subnets. I need to
> have my Linux box assign DHCP leases on two of the subnets. The only
> good information I've found on this is sparse in TCPIP Administration
> book. It says that the DHCP server must be aware of all subnets behind
> router.
> Where do I make it aware?
> The sample DHCP.config file in the book shows how to setup two ranges on
> two subnets but nowhere does it show any subnets that will be statically
> assigned.
> We will be using Cisco VLAN to do the routing. My understanding of this
> is sparse. Someone else is setting that up. My task is getting the
> server to handle the DHCP part of it. 
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