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Post #14,760 by Silverlock 10/23/01 9:39:00 AM Reply	Can't dump anything We are a business that provides educational software. Many of our customers have older systems, thus the mix of clients on our network. We have to insure our product works on a wide variety of hardware and OSs. We also have to support some really old software that doesn't run on NT/2000 (due to merger with the company that built the software). Don Richards, Proud recipient of the ABBA.
Post #14,761 by pwhysall 10/23/01 9:43:50 AM Reply	Fairy nuff But did you take heed of my advice re: your DHCP configuration? Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #14,769 by Silverlock 10/23/01 10:04:53 AM Reply	Re: your advice about DHCP I told the guy in charge of the DHCP servers about it. What exactly do you mean by "relay agents"? If you want to take this to email you can reach me at don[dot]richards[at]ncslearn[dot]com. Thanks Don Richards, Proud recipient of the ABBA.
Post #14,798 by pwhysall 10/23/01 2:24:58 PM Reply	DHCP Relay Agents Frinstance, you might have a network that is subnetted, with routers between the subnets. You want to DHCP serve the whole shooting match. In order to not have a DHCP server on every single subnet, you can delegate a box as a DHCP relay agent - it listens for DHCP client requests, and forwards them on to the DHCP server. As DHCP and BOOTP are routable protocols, this works. When it receives the reply from the server, it passes it on to the client. The client doesn't know that it isn't talking to a real DHCP server on its subnet. The reason you'd want to do this is to centralise administration of your DHCP server, and reduce the number of said DHCP servers. Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #14,801 by addison 10/23/01 2:57:16 PM Reply	Nit and question on saidsame. Ok, I've never gotten that heavily into it... (This is also a request for clarification/correction) But wait a second... The broadcast will go out on its broadcast domain, which can transcend subnets, right? (And I'm trying to recall how you control that). So its not really just the subnets, but also the broadcast domain, right? Addison
Post #14,817 by pwhysall 10/23/01 4:45:13 PM Reply	Re: Nit and question on saidsame. Nope, by definition broadcasts stop at the router. If you have a network 192.168.1.0/24, you'll only hit up hosts on that network with a message to 192.168.1.255. Routers do not pass on broadcast traffic - imagine the chaos if they did! Peter Shill For Hire [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal]
Post #14,819 by addison 10/23/01 4:48:47 PM Reply	Oh, duh. I was thinking about switches. (And the fact that being switched doesn't save you from broadcast storms, something we couldn't get across to some PHB's at a prior job) (they were buying switches because of said storms). Nevermind. :) Thanks, Addison
Post #14,924 by Silverlock 10/24/01 9:21:16 AM Reply	OK So how do we do that? Wait, let me guess. Google!! [link\|http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/en/server/help/default.asp?url=/windows2000/en/server/help/sag_DHCP_und_RelayAgents.htm\|This] looks like a good explanation. Any other source you know of that you would like to recommend? Again, Thanks. You have always been responsive to requests for help and I would like you to know that I do appreciate it. Don Richards, Proud recipient of the ABBA.

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