From: Ted Lemon Date: Sat, 22 Nov 1997 07:58:30 +0000 (+0000) Subject: new catted man page X-Git-Tag: DHCP-971122~3 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=d3333a745934c03b857035db4e27ee16f3331e34;p=thirdparty%2Fdhcp.git new catted man page --- diff --git a/relay/dhcrelay.cat8 b/relay/dhcrelay.cat8 index 6c60d6c77..0080806d7 100644 --- a/relay/dhcrelay.cat8 +++ b/relay/dhcrelay.cat8 @@ -5,59 +5,59 @@ dhcrelay(8) dhcrelay(8) NNAAMMEE - dhcpd - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Relay Agent + dhcrelay - Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Relay Agent SSYYNNOOPPSSIISS - ddhhccrreellaayy [ --pp _p_o_r_t ] [ --dd ] [ --ii _i_f_0 [ ...... --ii _i_f_N ] ] - _s_e_r_v_e_r_0 [ _._._._s_e_r_v_e_r_N ] + ddhhccrreellaayy [ --pp _p_o_r_t ] [ --dd ] [ --qq ] [ --ii _i_f_0 [ ...... --ii _i_f_N + ] ] _s_e_r_v_e_r_0 [ _._._._s_e_r_v_e_r_N ] DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN - 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. OOPPEERRAATTIIOONN - 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 _-_i 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. - - 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 _-_i flag. + + 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. + + 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. CCOOMMMMAANNDD LLIINNEE - The names of the network interfaces that dhcrelay should - attempt to configure may be specified on the command line - using the _-_i 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 _-_i 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 --pp 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 --pp 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 --dd flag should be specified. - This is useful when running dhcrelay under a debugger, or + a foreground process, the --dd 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 @@ -70,9 +70,15 @@ CCOOMMMMAANNDD LLIINNEE dhcrelay(8) dhcrelay(8) + - to disable this behaviour, specify the _-_q 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. + + SSEEEE AALLSSOO - dhclient(8), dhcpd(8), dhcrelay.conf(5), dhcre- - lay.leases(5) + dhclient(8), dhcpd(8), RFC2132, RFC2131. AAUUTTHHOORR ddhhccrreellaayy((88)) has been written for the Internet Software @@ -114,12 +120,6 @@ AAUUTTHHOORR - - - - - -