Your DHCP requests are only going to be processed during startup. All the
router is going to do is handle a helper address, which means when a station
boots up it will send a broadcast asking for an IP. The router sees the
request and forwards the packet on as a unicast message. There is no real
impact on router performance for such a small task. Beware the idiot users
though who insist on shutting down their machine each time something
happens.
75 idiots can bring down any network. And remember all our jobs would be
real easy if only we could get rid of the users.
Ciao,
daryn
-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 9:40 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Working it too hard?
I'm trying to setup a temporary LAN and would like my router to
handle DHCP
requests.
My question is what if I'm asking the router to do too much?
I'm using a Cisco 1700 series router with about 75 computers running
win98.
The 1700 only has 1 static route to another router (no heavy
processing like
extensive access lists here) and nothing else. Am I asking this 1700
series
to handle too much?
How many PC's asking for IP's before it craps out? What if I use a
2600
series instead? How many PC's could it handle?
If it does crap out what can I expect as a reaction? It just
freezing or
something more sinister?
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