no...the two are nothing alike....
a default gateway is just that....your next hop out.
and ip helper can be any address on any subnet that would generally answer a
broadcast from a host on a local segment. But since routers stop broadcasts
by default, you must specify this address as a "helper" .
The router then takes would would normally be a broadcast and forwards it to
this "helper" address as a unicast. (most commonly used in this scenario is
bootp/dhcp)
-Patrick
>>> "Jason Kinney" 07/24/01 12:52PM >>>
I have heard this term "IP helper address" used to reference a default
gateway. Is an IP helper address the same as a default gateway? If not
what is an IP helper address? Do you know where the term came from?
Jason Kinney
925-961-0223
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