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- From: Gary Kunis <gkunis@cisco.com>
- Subject: RFC 951 and BOOTP (fwd)
- Message-ID: <726295334.29506@news.Colorado.EDU>
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- Date: 5 Jan 93 18:26:16 PST
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- William,
-
- By default, the Cisco router will not forward BOOTP requests
- (UDP broadcats). You must configure the Cisco router to forward
- these UDP broadcasts.
-
- This can be done by using the ip forward-protocol global con-
- figuration command and an ip helper-address. The ip forward-
- protocol command allows you to specify protocols and ports to
- be forwarded by the router. The ip helper-address defines the
- destination host to receive the UDP broadcasts.
-
- An example:
-
- ip forward-protocol udp
- !
- interface ethernet 0
- ip address 131.12.1.1 255.255.255.0
- ip helper-address 131.12.4.12
- >
- > FC 951 states that routers can be configured to forward BOOTP
- > requests. How does cisco handle such requests? Are the packets
- > forwarded as-is or are they altered in some way? Does the
- > router need any specific parameters set or is it a default
- > process in the router software itself? I'm trying to determine
- > how interoperable cisco is with other router vendors.
- >
- > W. Smith 575-2363 wildbill@lobby.ti.com
- >
-
- -- Gary Kunis --
- PS - this is found on pages 13-13 and 13-14 in volume II of the
- Configuration Reference Manuals
-
-
-