Michael the router will turn it into a unicast and not a multicast.
Regards
Atif
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From: Michael Fountain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Date: Saturday, July 08, 2000 5:22 PM
Subject: Re: DHCP Broadcast thru WAN
>On the router that is connected to the segment the hosts are on use the
>following command:
> ip helper-address x.x.x.x
>
>where x.x.x.x is the ip address of your DHCP server. The router will turn
>the dhcp request broadcast into a multicast and then forward it across the
>wan.
>
>
>>
>>Hi all,
>> Iam having a DHCP server the hosts receiving them are in another
>>place
>>and they are connected thru a WAN link using 2 routers.Since routers dont
>>broadcast by default,how can I broadcast my DHCP requests and replies
>>between
>>the server and clients.Is it possible to use extended IP access-lists.
like
>>that...
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>>Hari
>>
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