lukas_w
11-26-2008, 01:58 PM
It is possible to add DHCP relay function?
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srman
01-04-2009, 06:24 AM
Yes, I need DHCP Relay too.
But no one asked. (
But no one asked. (
marekm
01-29-2009, 05:33 AM
Me too. First post, after I've bought my first Bullet2 for some testing.
Please add an option to enable DHCP relay, as an alternative to the built-in DHCP server: listen for broadcast DHCP requests on the wired LAN, and send them as unicast to the configured IP address of the DHCP server. This makes DHCP easier to manage - one central server, which in my case is the same Linux box that also does NAT to the outside.
You could use dhcp-fwd or dhcp-helper, whatever you prefer (both have been working fine for me).
BTW, nice to see a real router mode (without NAT), unlike "WISP mode" of many common wireless routers (where NAT is always enabled, with no way to turn it off - even though, with Linux inside, it would have been easy to implement). Just one NAT in the whole network is enough for me, any extra "NAT behind NAT' is just more trouble.
DHCP relay seems to be the only feature missing to make the Bullet a good replacement for my aging CPE solutions (based on RealAP for RTL8181-based wireless, or Midge for ADM5120-based wired routers) - working fine so far, but the hardware becomes hard to find...
Please add an option to enable DHCP relay, as an alternative to the built-in DHCP server: listen for broadcast DHCP requests on the wired LAN, and send them as unicast to the configured IP address of the DHCP server. This makes DHCP easier to manage - one central server, which in my case is the same Linux box that also does NAT to the outside.
You could use dhcp-fwd or dhcp-helper, whatever you prefer (both have been working fine for me).
BTW, nice to see a real router mode (without NAT), unlike "WISP mode" of many common wireless routers (where NAT is always enabled, with no way to turn it off - even though, with Linux inside, it would have been easy to implement). Just one NAT in the whole network is enough for me, any extra "NAT behind NAT' is just more trouble.
DHCP relay seems to be the only feature missing to make the Bullet a good replacement for my aging CPE solutions (based on RealAP for RTL8181-based wireless, or Midge for ADM5120-based wired routers) - working fine so far, but the hardware becomes hard to find...
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