I had some insight from the Cisco support forums. Apparently DHCP Relays are meant to forward requests *outside* the LAN, and should not be used when server and relay are in the same LAN. So I am guessing the behavior is not defined, if this happens.
The thread is here: http://homecommunity.cisco.com/t5/Wireless-Routers/Strange-problem-with-X3000-DHCP-Relay-functionality/td-p/519783 I really don't know the first thing about networking... :-) On 15/05/2012 04:12 μμ, Panayiotis Karabassis wrote: > Hiya, > > I had posted a while back about this problem, and it seems critical > information was under my nose. > > I am running my own dhcpd server on my Debian box. Often a client would > send DISCOVER packets, but receive no reply. The information comes from > wireshark running on the server machine, and I attach the relevant packets. > > My network is: > > DHCP server (wheezy) > <--(wifi)--> > Linksys X3000 router acting as a DHCP relay > <--(wifi)--> > Linksys RE1000 repeater > <--(wifi)--> > client machine > > As you can see the DHCP server receives the DISCOVER message and replies > with an OFFER message to the router (relay). And then the router sends > the OFFER back to the server instead of the client! > > Linksys is a good company as far as I know, so this must be my fault. > Does anyone have any ideas? > > Best regards and thanks, > Panayiotis -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4fb25f46.7070...@gmail.com
