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Mar2014

What is DHCP Relay/ IP-Helper-Address?

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) relay is used to forward DHCP client's broadcast request, DHCPDiscover, from one VLAN to the DHCP server's VLAN.  This request forwarding is done by the local router gateway of the DHCP client. The broadcast is not forwarded by routers, but configured with DHCP relay, the ... Read More
March 31, 2014Praveen Bahethi

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Mar2014

What is Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, DHCP?

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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is used to dynamically configure IP addresses on end devices.  A DHCP server provides IP addresses to a DHCP client from a pool/scope configured by an DHCP server administrator with options that provide additional information for the client to operate successfully on the network.  There's ... Read More
March 31, 2014Praveen Bahethi

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Mar2014

What is Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)?

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Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol (VRRP)  allows for a group or routers to appear as a single default gateway to end devices.  All the routers must have interfaces that belong in the same subnet.   The end devices point their default gateways to a Virtual Router IP (VIP) address. VRRP is an open ... Read More
March 30, 2014Praveen Bahethi

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Mar2014

What is default routing?

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A default route is a catch-all route for routes not in the routing table.  It is often confused with default gateways, which provide end devices a router to send all non-local traffic for forwarding. Routing tables list the direction to reach a network.  When there is no path in the table, ... Read More
March 27, 2014Praveen Bahethi