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Author Topic: How to make router forward DHCP responsibilities to another server?  (Read 5651 times)

MrDoomMaster

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How to make router forward DHCP responsibilities to another server?
« on: August 10, 2011, 09:31:36 PM »
I think this feature is called DHCP Relay. I have my own computer on the network that hosts a DHCP server and I want all DHCP requests in the DGL-4500 to be forwarded to this computer (it uses a static IP). Can I disable the DHCP server on the router and somehow make it forward DHCP requests to the LAN DHCP server? Anyone have any instructions on how to do this?
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Re: How to make router forward DHCP responsibilities to another server?
« Reply #1 on: August 11, 2011, 06:51:37 AM »
These routers are dedicated routers and thus are not able to do anything like that. Only thing you could do is put the other DHCP server in the 4500 DMZ and then that server will at everything, bypassing the 4500 features however it will still hand off a internal IP address to your DHCP server.
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Re: How to make router forward DHCP responsibilities to another server?
« Reply #2 on: August 11, 2011, 11:55:26 AM »
Yea, I can't think of any way either. Maybe if you put in a static route? (Advanced > Routing) from the 192.168.0.1 to your DHCP server over LAN? DHCP requests do go to your default gateway, I just don't know that would effect the PC's internet connections. Why do you need a router if have a device with a DHCP server? Why not just add a switch to the server and use that? Then connect the 4500 as a wireless AP?
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