Hi Michael,
Just noticed (late) your response - thanks for the input. I am actually using the helper-address configuration elsewhere in the network.
Sounds like an impressive setup! I am not sure I'd feel comfortable managing DHCP on a Windows server - the point and click is just too cumbersome to deal with, and prefer ISC BINDs text files.
-- Kim Pedersen CNCS Ltd. On 2010-05-27 16:36, Michael Votaw - VTI wrote:
The routing functionality on the C2's support an ip helper-address configuration. When setup, it will forward all DHCP requests to a remote DHCP server. The DHCP server does not need to reside on the same network as the hosts. I am currently working on a network with 6000 users, 4000 in remote offices all over the state. We have one Windows DHCP server at the main site handling everything. We are using C3's in router mode, but the operation is very similar. This may allow you to do what you need. -----Original Message----- From: Kim Pedersen [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 2:06 PM To: Enterasys Customer Mailing List Subject: Re: [enterasys] Statically assigned DHCP addresses on C2/3 switch stack Thanks for your suggestions. The issue has come up due to a couple of locations that each runs a C2 stack with 3 /24 networks on 3 VLANs. Each network was connected to a firewall that would route between the networks and provide Internet access, and it also provided the necessary DHCP services. What happened was that these locations were then linked via fiber to a central switch with an additional 8 /24 networks. Full routing between all of these networks were desirable, but to avoid hardcoding routes in all the clients, the C2 stack was made the default gateway, and the firewall was then placed on a separate network and used as default gateway for the C2 switch. This made the firewall less useful as a DHCP server. In short we have switched over to use the C2 switch routing facility, and were now investigating it's usefulness as a DHCP server. I would prefer using ISC DHCP as well, but these networks have no servers, and its not an option to install anything either (Due to maintenance and reliability issues) Thanks for the input!
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