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author | Ted Lemon <source@isc.org> | 2001-06-27 00:31:20 +0000 |
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committer | Ted Lemon <source@isc.org> | 2001-06-27 00:31:20 +0000 |
commit | d758ad8cac9c00c70cfe4dd459bf7e87c268c579 (patch) | |
tree | 85d7e10e40b0e1061a40f45ef0e9f44073346482 /relay | |
parent | 07b958004f4e39f9b222115b1b050044a2434ea1 (diff) | |
download | isc-dhcp-d758ad8cac9c00c70cfe4dd459bf7e87c268c579.tar.gz |
Merge changes between 3.0rc7 and 3.0rc8pl2.
Diffstat (limited to 'relay')
-rw-r--r-- | relay/dhcrelay.8 | 23 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/relay/dhcrelay.8 b/relay/dhcrelay.8 index b7874cc2..ae6801f8 100644 --- a/relay/dhcrelay.8 +++ b/relay/dhcrelay.8 @@ -106,18 +106,17 @@ are specified on the command line dhcrelay will identify all network interfaces, elimininating non-broadcast interfaces if possible, and attempt to configure each interface. .PP -If a relay agent is running on a system that is connected to one or -more networks on which no DHCP servers are present, and is also -connected to one or more networks on which DHCP servers -.I are -connected, it is may not be helpful for the relay agent to relay -requests from those networks on which a DHCP server already exists. -To avoid such a situation, the interfaces on which the relay agent -should listen should be specified with the +The .B -i -flag. -.PP -Note that in some cases it +flag can be used to specify the network interfaces on which the relay +agent should listen. In general, it must listen not only on those +network interfaces to which clients are attached, but also on those +network interfaces to which the server (or the router that reaches the +server) is attached. However, in some cases it may be necessary to +exclude some networks; in this case, you must list all those network +interfaces that should \fInot\fR be excluded using the \fB-i\fR flag. +.PP +In some cases it .I is helpful for the relay agent to forward requests from networks on which a DHCP server is running to other DHCP servers. This would be the @@ -138,7 +137,7 @@ flag should be specified. This is useful when running dhcrelay under a debugger, or when running it out of inittab on System V systems. .PP Dhcrelay will normally print its network configuration on startup. -This can be annoying in a system startup script - to disable this +This can be unhelpful in a system startup script - to disable this behaviour, specify the .B -q flag. |