[c-nsp] HSRP and dhcp-relay question

[Gert Doering]

Hi,

On Sat, Dec 23, 2006 at 11:00:23AM +0200, Mihai Tanasescu wrote:
> Because of the 2 ip helper-address statements I get 2 DHCP requests that 
> are identical.

Yes, unavoidable (<insert plea for 'make HSRP standby interface inactive
regarding all other IP functions'>).

> Is there any way to make a single request happen and to have it 
> forwarded with SRC IP == standby IP ?

As far as I can tell, no.

OTOH, in our own experience, this doesn't seem to to harm - we've run
this with ISC DHCPD and with MacOS X Server DHCPD, and in both cases,
both replies are identical, and the clients don't seem to mind.

gert

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