The broadcast will only advertise out the primary ip address to the dhcp server. You will need to have a server that can work with primary and secondary scopes...
Larry Letterman Network Engineer Cisco Systems ----- Original Message ----- From: "Waters, Kristina" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 11:48 AM Subject: FW: IP Helper, Expected behavior? [7:61607] > Everyone, > > I'm in the process of changing my internal IP addresses and ran into a > problem on the first site I went to swap. Clients obtain their ip from a > dhcp server at my location, so I added a secondary ip address to the remote > router as shown below: > > interface Ethernet0 > ip address 172.16.x.x 255.255.255.128 > ip address 10.x.x.x 255.255.255.0 secondary > ip helper-address 172.16.x.x > > Got everything else set up, yet no one was obtaining IP addresses. I > flip-flopped the addresses and made the old 172.x.x.x address the secondary, > the 10.x.x.x address the primary and everything started working fine. > > Does ip helper only work with primary address on the interface? This > particular router had an older version of code, 11.1. > > Just curious, > > Kristina L. Waters > LAN/WAN Engineer > www.absfirst.com > > "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were > to success when they gave up." > Thomas A. Edison > > > ************************************************************ ********** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the sender by email, delete and destroy this message and its > attachments. > ************************************************************ ********** [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message Posted at: http://www.groupstudy.com/form/read.php?f=7&i=61616&t=61607 -------------------------------------------------- FAQ, list archives, and subscription info: http://www.groupstudy.com/list/cisco.html Report misconduct and Nondisclosure violations to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

