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- dhcpd - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Relay Agent
+ dhcrelay - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Relay Agent
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- d\bdh\bhc\bcr\bre\bel\bla\bay\by [ -\b-p\bp _\bp_\bo_\br_\bt ] [ -\b-d\bd ] [ -\b-i\bi _\bi_\bf_\b0 [ .\b..\b..\b. -\b-i\bi _\bi_\bf_\bN ] ]
- _\bs_\be_\br_\bv_\be_\br_\b0 [ _\b._\b._\b._\bs_\be_\br_\bv_\be_\br_\bN ]
+ d\bdh\bhc\bcr\bre\bel\bla\bay\by [ -\b-p\bp _\bp_\bo_\br_\bt ] [ -\b-d\bd ] [ -\b-q\bq ] [ -\b-i\bi _\bi_\bf_\b0 [ .\b..\b..\b. -\b-i\bi _\bi_\bf_\bN
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- The Internet Software Consortium DHCP Relay Agent, dhcre-
+ The Internet Software Consortium DHCP Relay Agent, dhcre
lay, provides a means for relaying DHCP and BOOTP requests
- from a subnet to which no DHCP server is directly to one
+ from a subnet to which no DHCP server is directly to one
or more DHCP servers on other subnets.
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- The DHCP Relay Agent listens for DHCP requests on all
- interfaces attached to a host, or only on those interfaces
- specified on the command line with the _\b-_\bi flag. When a
- query is received, it forwards it to the list of DHCP
- servers specified on the command line. When a reply is
- received, it is broadcast or unicast on the network from
- whence the original request came.
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- It is possible to specify a set of interfaces on which
- dhcrelay will listen, so that if dhcrelay is connected
- through one interface to a network on which there is no
- DHCP server, but is connected on another interface to a
+ The DHCP Relay Agent listens for DHCP requests on all
+ interfaces attached to a host, unless one or more inter
+ faces are specified on the command line with the _\b-_\bi flag.
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+ When a query is received, dhcrelay forwards it to the list
+ of DHCP servers specified on the command line. When a
+ reply is received, it is broadcast or unicast on the net
+ work from whence the original request came.
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+ It is possible to specify a set of interfaces on which
+ dhcrelay will listen, so that if dhcrelay is connected
+ through one interface to a network on which there is no
+ DHCP server, but is connected on another interface to a
network on which there is a DHCP server, it will not relay
- DHCP and BOOTP requests from the network on which the
- server exists to that server. This is an imperfect solu-
+ DHCP and BOOTP requests from the network on which the
+ server exists to that server. This is an imperfect solu
tion.
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- The names of the network interfaces that dhcrelay should
- attempt to configure may be specified on the command line
- using the _\b-_\bi option. If no interface names are specified
- on the command line dhcrelay will identify all network
- interfaces, elimininating non-broadcast interfaces if pos-
+ The names of the network interfaces that dhcrelay should
+ attempt to configure may be specified on the command line
+ using the _\b-_\bi option. If no interface names are specified
+ on the command line dhcrelay will identify all network
+ interfaces, elimininating non-broadcast interfaces if pos
sible, and attempt to configure each interface.
- If dhcrelay should listen and transmit on a port other
- than the standard (port 67), the -\b-p\bp flag may used. It
- should be followed by the udp port number that dhcrelay
+ If dhcrelay should listen and transmit on a port other
+ than the standard (port 67), the -\b-p\bp flag may used. It
+ should be followed by the udp port number that dhcrelay
should use. This is mostly useful for debugging purposes.
- Dhclient will normally run in the foreground until it has
- configured an interface, and then will revert to running
+ Dhcrelay will normally run in the foreground until it has
+ configured an interface, and then will revert to running
in the background. To run force dhcrelay to always run as
- a foreground process, the -\b-d\bd flag should be specified.
- This is useful when running dhcrelay under a debugger, or
+ a foreground process, the -\b-d\bd flag should be specified.
+ This is useful when running dhcrelay under a debugger, or
when running it out of inittab on System V systems.
- The name of at least one DHCP server to which DHCP and
- BOOTP requests should be relayed must be specified on the
- command line.
+ Dhcrelay will normally print its network configuration on
+ startup. This can be annoying in a system startup script
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+ - to disable this behaviour, specify the _\b-_\bq flag.
+
+ The name of at least one DHCP server to which DHCP and
+ BOOTP requests should be relayed must be specified on the
+ command line.
+
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- dhclient(8), dhcpd(8), dhcrelay.conf(5), dhcre-
- lay.leases(5)
+ dhclient(8), dhcpd(8), RFC2132, RFC2131.
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