Re: dhcpd with 2 interfaces

From: Nico Kadel-Garcia (nkadel_at_comcast.net)
Date: 10/21/03 

Date: Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:47:20 -0400

Peter T. Breuer wrote:

> randome_profile@yahoo.com wrote:
>
>>geeze, I wasn't totally clear but I assumed everyone here has experience
>>with this kind of setup.
>
>
> WHAT kind of setup?
>
>
>
>>I have a DSL connection to the internet,
>
>
> So do I. The DSL router is a dhcp server. It has to be, since in
> principle it will require a dhcp contact before it will pass packets
> to/from that MAC, since it's not silly :-) (it's a built-in firewalling
> facility).

Sigh. New news client, gotta re-install my Peter Breuer filters.

In any case, while most "cable routers/firewalls" are DHCP servers,
there is absolutely no requirement that they be. As long as the firewall
clients have their network configuration set up appropriately with an IP
in the correct network range, netwask, and the gateway set up to point
to the "router", it works just fine.

This information is *usually* published to the clients by DHCP on the
router, but it need not be.

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