Re: DHCP Servers and IP assignment [7:6562]

The router using the IP helper address will change the mac address to it own interface. Thus DHCP knows how to return back and in turn router send back to the client at the correct interface Lists Wizard wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hello group, I have a

Re: DHCP Servers and IP assignment [7:6562]

Chuck, I'm not sure if you noticed, but the first page on the search engine would actually show the link for RFC 1541. Is that consider a succinct answer ? Chuck Larrieu wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Knowing others will give you a succinct answer, I would

Re: DHCP Servers and IP assignment [7:6562]

Here is a good URL http://www.google.com/search?hl=enlr=safe=offq=DHCP http://www.altavista.com/sites/search/web?q=DHCPkl=XXpg=q Lists Wizard wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... Hello group, I have a nagging question about how the DHCP server assigns an IP address

RE: DHCP Servers and IP assignment [7:6562]

Knowing others will give you a succinct answer, I would also suggest you can take a peek at RFC 1541 ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc1541.txt for some details, such as the DHCP request packet format. In there you will find a field defined as giaddr ( Relay agent IP address, used in booting via