Sujet : Re: I never thought of this scenario
De : gtaylor (at) *nospam* tnetconsulting.net (Grant Taylor)
Groupes : comp.os.linux.miscDate : 13. Apr 2024, 06:54:11
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On 4/12/24 22:28, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
DHCP is not routable, otherwise it wouldn’t need a helper to route it.
Yes, DHCP is routable.
Check out the very bottom graphic of the following URL:
https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/en/doc/EDOC1100112351/4b2f29de/how-a-dhcp-client-renews-its-ip-address-leaseNotice how the client sends a DHCP renew request to the DHCP server, not the DHCP relay agent. It does this across a routed network.
The DHCP relay agent is only needed when the DHCP client doesn't have a valid IP address and / or sends to the broadcast address.
When the client does have a valid IP address it uses routed unicast to talk to the DHCP server using the very same DHCP protocol.
-- Grant. . . .