Relay agents, NAT, and offers to giaddr
Alan DeKok
adekok at infoblox.com
Fri Sep 15 15:10:27 UTC 2006
Simon Hobson wrote:
> Not true. It is true that relay agents are usually run on routers but
> it is NOT required - all that is required is that there is a relay
> agent somewhere on the client network.
The router usually has a better idea about network topology than
other devices, which is a good reason for making it the relay agent.
> No, it still will NOT work. The GIAddr will still be a non-routable
> rfc1918 address.
That's really an implementation choice. NAT boxes already keep state
for UDP queries and responses, and re-write packet contents. There's no
reason the NAT box can't do NAT for DHCP relay, too. In that case,
giaddr could be its external IP.
i.e. NAT boxes already re-write packet contents for things like icmp
port unreachables, why not do the same for DHCP?
Alan DeKok.
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