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ip helper

carl_townshend
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Hi all, if I have a switch with 3 vlans, and 1 windows dhcp server, Do I need to issue the command once, or on each vlan ?

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Mr. Bash
Level 1
Level 1

Each vlan interface that will receive dhcp requests will need the ip helper command.

glen.grant
VIP Alumni
VIP Alumni

any subnet that is not directly attached to the dhcp server subnet will need the helper statement .

scottmac
Level 10
Level 10

You'd need an IP Helper on each router / L3 interface that is not a member of the VLAN on which the DHCP server resides.

You don't mention it specifically, but you will need a router or L3 switch to get the VLANs to talk to each other.

The IP Helper goes on the client-side of the router and points to the DHCP server.

Good Luck

Scott

mark.cronin
Level 2
Level 2

If you do enable the ip helper-address on each VLAN remember that it impliciitly enables fowarding of several different kinds of UDP broadcasts.

udp tftp

udp nameserver

udp domain

udp time

etc

this may not be desirable

Mark

Pavel Bykov
Level 5
Level 5

Basically, "ip helper" command forwards broadcast as unicasts to the specified address. The command is issued for every Interface VLAN (broadcast domain) from which you want to forward broadcasts to some destinations (e.g. DHCP server, TFTP server, and so on)

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