Re: [OT] strangeness with dhcp relay server

2012-05-16 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
On 16/05/2012 11:33 πμ, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Ma, 15 mai 12, 16:51:02, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: >> I had some insight from the Cisco support forums. Apparently DHCP Relays >> are meant to forward requests *outside* the LAN, and should not be used >> when server and relay are in the same LA

Re: [OT] strangeness with dhcp relay server

2012-05-16 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Ma, 15 mai 12, 16:51:02, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > I had some insight from the Cisco support forums. Apparently DHCP Relays > are meant to forward requests *outside* the LAN, and should not be used > when server and relay are in the same LAN. So I am guessing the behavior > is not defined,

Re: [OT] strangeness with dhcp relay server

2012-05-15 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
I had some insight from the Cisco support forums. Apparently DHCP Relays are meant to forward requests *outside* the LAN, and should not be used when server and relay are in the same LAN. So I am guessing the behavior is not defined, if this happens. The thread is here: http://homecommunity.cisco

[OT] strangeness with dhcp relay server

2012-05-15 Thread Panayiotis Karabassis
Hiya, I had posted a while back about this problem, and it seems critical information was under my nose. I am running my own dhcpd server on my Debian box. Often a client would send DISCOVER packets, but receive no reply. The information comes from wireshark running on the server machine, and I a