Re: Relay agent

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Thanks for response.

 We are using pretty old Novell's TCPIP1.NLM  version TCP/IP V1.01 ALPHA 2+

 Should we run bootpforwarding only on the router? It makes a certain
 inconvinience. The matter is that we are migrating to new network environment
 and also from bootp to dhcp. dhcp server is in experimental stage. So right
 now we are running two servers bootp and dhcp at the same time with duplicated
 database. Another thing is that the old software on existing router doesn't 
 support multiple forwarding, so we decided to run relay agent on another host.
 We gonna get rid of old stuff soon but need support users during the 
 migration.
 Probably, we can run routing on the relay host. But I was wondering why this
 stuff happens and is there any other solution.

                     - Boris

> 
> Packet drivers have no knowledgeof IP; what TCPIP stack are you using?
> 
> [e-mail] wrote....
> > 
> > 
> > Has anyone experienced the following problem with CMU dhcp server and dos
> > Packet Driver (NE2000) :
> > 
> > I use a bootp relay agent for forwarding bootp requests to the dhcp server
> > which is on another subnet. The relay agent is not on the router but a host
> > behind the router (using Novell's bootpforwarding).
> > The problem is that PCs using Packet Driver get the gateway IP wrong - instead
> > of the IP of the router which dhcp server is supposed to provide (gw tag) they
> > get IP of the relay agent
> > Other clients get it correct.
> > 
> > Any solution for that?
> > 
> > ==================================
> > Boris Niyazov
> > IT Department
> > Columbia Law School 
> > 
> 
> Richard Letts  
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