Bug#320492: Differences between dhcp3-relay and dhcp-helper.
A brief summary of the differences between dhcp3-relay and dhcp-helper. 1) Size /usr/sbin/dhcrelay3 size is 157240 octets /usr/sbin/dhcp-helper is 9924 octets 2) Kernel requirements dhcrelay3 needs the Linux Packet Filter Facility available in the kernel, dhcp-helper doesn't. This allows a smaller kernel. 3) Configuration dhcp-helper can be configured to forward DHCP requests to whole-network broadcast, rather than having to know the IP address of the DHCP server. dhcrelay3 can't. dhcp-helper will work with more than one relay in series, dhcrelay won't. In general, dhcp-helper fits better on embedded-router type systems (which is what it was written for). Embeded Debian is a coming thing. HTH Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#320492: Differences between dhcp3-relay and dhcp-helper.
[Simon Kelley] A brief summary of the differences between dhcp3-relay and dhcp-helper. 1) Size 2) Kernel requirements 3) Configuration Yeah - this is the sort of thing to include in the long description. Except somewhat shorter than your email was. Otherwise none of these things will be obvious to anyone looking for a DHCP relay agent. Peter signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#320492: Differences between dhcp3-relay and dhcp-helper.
Peter Samuelson wrote: [Simon Kelley] A brief summary of the differences between dhcp3-relay and dhcp-helper. 1) Size 2) Kernel requirements 3) Configuration Yeah - this is the sort of thing to include in the long description. Except somewhat shorter than your email was. Otherwise none of these things will be obvious to anyone looking for a DHCP relay agent. Peter How about this: Description: A DHCP relay agent. Dhcp-helper is a DHCP and BOOTP relay agent. It listens for DHCP and BOOTP broadcasts on directly connected subnets and relays them to DHCP or BOOTP servers elsewhere. Dhcp-helper is much smaller than the more-common ISC dhcp3-relay package and it does not require the Linux Packet Filter facility to be present in the kernel. This makes it a good choice for use on small or embedded systems. Unlike dhcp3-relay, dhcp-helper can be configured to forward DHCP requests as broadcasts, and does not therefore need to be configured with the IP address of the DHCP server, only the network in which it resides. Cheers, Simon. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#320492: Differences between dhcp3-relay and dhcp-helper.
Looks great. Small edits suggested below. Peter Description: A DHCP relay agent. ** DHCP relay agent [no .] Dhcp-helper is a DHCP and BOOTP relay agent. It listens for DHCP ** dhcp-helper [not Dhcp - the real package name is all lowercase] and BOOTP broadcasts on directly connected subnets and relays them to DHCP or BOOTP servers elsewhere. Dhcp-helper is much smaller ** dhcp-helper than the more-common ISC dhcp3-relay package and it does not require ** than dhcp3-relay, and it does not require the Linux Packet Filter facility to be present in the kernel. This ** the Packet Filter kernel facility to be present. This makes it a good choice for use on small or embedded systems. Unlike dhcp3-relay, dhcp-helper can be configured to forward DHCP requests as broadcasts, and does not therefore need to be configured with the ** as broadcasts, and therefore does not need to be given the IP address of the DHCP server, only the network in which it resides. signature.asc Description: Digital signature
