Yeah, just a basic diagram so we can see what other options there might be.
On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 12:20 PM, Boris Epstein <[email protected]>
wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Thank you very much for your thoughtful responses.
>
> Tim, is there anything specific you mean by "Chicken scratch network
> diagram" - or do you just mean any basic schematic outline? Let me work on
> that - that is a good idea to diagram it for sure.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Boris.
>
>
> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Tim DeNike <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Your other option if you don't want to run a DHCP server outside of the
>> switches is to run the remote arp sensor on a box attached to the switch
>> (Ive never tried it), or setup a mirror port and mirror traffic to PF.
>>
>> I really don't know if the dhcp relay will work with the dhcp server
>> enabled. Id guess not.
>>
>> Chicken scratch network diagram would be helpful.
>>
>> But seriously.. Look into running a couple central DHCP servers.. much
>> easier to maintain in the long run (IMHO).
>>
>> On Thu, May 14, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Derek Wuelfrath <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Boris,
>>>
>>> Most of the time, iphelpers are doing the job. Can you explain what is
>>> ‘not working’ ?
>>>
>>> In your current setup, the DHCP server is running on the switch at the
>>> edge or is it on a ‘core switch’ ? Let’s say you have 3 access switches,
>>> connected back to one core switch, but doing L3 (VLANs stays at the access
>>> switches level). DHCP server is on the access switches or on the core
>>> switch ?
>>>
>>> The things is, I’m unsure if, when the DHCP server running on the same
>>> switch where the VLAN is ending (L2 connectivity), iphelpers can do the job.
>>>
>>> If you can share a network design, that’d be great… I guess… ;)
>>>
>>> (Sorry if it was part of a previous discussion, I clicked the link which
>>> was leading me to another previous conversation, which was also leading me
>>> to another discussion… I’ve been lost in the Matrix while trying to figure
>>> out which conversation was the initial one!)
>>>
>>> Cheers!
>>> dw.
>>>
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>>> On May 14, 2015 at 06:12:01, Boris Epstein ([email protected]) wrote:
>>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I have raised the issue previously:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.mail-archive.com/packetfence-users%40lists.sourceforge.net/msg08765.html
>>>
>>> Basically, the issue is that I am trying to run a DHCP server on my
>>> Cisco IOS (Catalyst) switches while I run my PF server that only has IP
>>> connectivity to them (no VLAN connectivity as VLAN's are local to the
>>> switches).
>>>
>>> The setup requires that IP update/status info for all nodes be
>>> communicated back to the PF server. That is not happening for some reason -
>>> at least not via the Cisco's "ip helper-address" mechanism.
>>>
>>> So the question fundamentally is - how do I do that? What
>>> implementations do any of you have out there that accomplish it? Sounds
>>> like some people have DHCP servers separate from PF and switches. OK, that
>>> is an idea. What other implementations are out there?
>>>
>>> If you don't mind sharing that I will be very thankful.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>>
>>> Boris.
>>>
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