Technicolor - Thomson 605 User Manual

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Chapter 5
Expert Configuration
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DHCP Relay
The DHCP relay tab allows you to add/delete and overview SpeedTouch™ 's DHCP 
relay interfaces.
The DHCP relay configuration is split up in two sections:
To add/delete and configure a DHCP relay server on a certain interface 
To enable/disable and define the behaviour of the DHCP relay agent per 
configured interface. 
Relay Config
The Relay Configuration table allows you to add or delete (additional) DHCP relay 
agents for a specific interface.
To create a new DHCP relay agent:
1
Click New.
2
In the DHCP relay server box, type the IP address of the DHCP server.
3
In the Interface list, click the appropriate relay interface (click None to indicate 
no interface is specified). 
4
In the Gateway Address (giaddr) box, type the Gateway IP address to be used 
for the giaddr field in relayed DHCP packets.
5
Click Apply
Relay Interfaces
The Relay Interfaces table allows you to configure interface specific DHCP relay 
settings as:
Enable/disable the DHCP relay server 
The maximum number of hops allowed for relayed DHCP requests and replies 
(as indicated in the DHCP packet) 
Defining whether to forward (trusted) or to drop (not trusted) DHCP request 
packets when a DHCP relay agent info option is present and the Gateway IP 
address field is 0 (as specified in RFC3046). 
Define the remote ID (as specified in RFC3046) to allow the DHCP relay agent 
to relay DHCP responses to the proper network.