Re: Default Gateways.

Rajesh Saluja <rsaluja@wipinfo.soft.net> Fri, 16 February 1996 10:51 UTC

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bclark@ccmailpc.ctron.com writes:
> 
> 
>      Any suggestions on how I can make a dhcp client use its own IP address 
>      as the default gateway using dhcp server on an NT box? I'm not on this 
>      mailing list so please cc any replies back to my address.
>      
>      Regards,
>      Bret Clark
>      Cabletron Systems
>      bclark@ctron.com
> 
It means that your client is a router and it is requesting an IP address from
the DHCP server. BUT in the beginning of the DHCP RFC , it is clearly
mentioned that DHCP is not intended for use in configuring routers...
 
regards:
Rajesh Saluja
email: rsaluja@wipinfo.soft.net