[c-nsp] Procurve DHCP relay question

[Eric Cables]

Thanks all for the feedback.  Turns out the software revision on the
switch (0.8.58) was part of a revision window that had dhcp relay OFF
by default.  I upgraded to the latest revision, which had it enabled.

On 1/9/09, Jeremy L. Gaddis <jeremy at evilrouters.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Eric Cables wrote:
>> I'm in the middle of a transition from HP -> Cisco, with an HP 2848 as the
>> "core", so sorry if this e-mail is off topic.  I am having a hard time
>> getting DHCP relay to work, and was hoping someone with HP experience
>> could
>> chime in with some assistance.
>>
>> I've created a new VLAN, and have specified a helper-address to point to a
>> DHCP server that manages dozens of scopes.  The new VLAN functions fine,
>> assuming users are given a static address, but DHCP does not appear to
>> work
>> at all.
>
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> I'm not sure how helpful this might be (it seems you've already taken the
> necessary steps), but here's a cut and paste from a production switch
> doing the same thing (a 5400 in this case):
>
> vlan 4071
>    name "VLAN4071"
>    ip helper-address 10.144.16.2
>    ip address 10.144.1.65 255.255.255.192
>    tagged A1-A4,Trk1
>    exit
>
> HTH,
> -j
>
> --
> Jeremy L. Gaddis
> http://evilrouters.net
>
>

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