Assumptions (Was: Change dhcp server IP address)

[Simon Hobson]

Benjamin Wiechman wrote:

>No - it's still not clear as you have not adequately described your network.
>
>I'm *guessing* that you don't have any routing between the VLANs, so
>a client with (say) 172.16.16.123 can't communicate with the DHCP
>server at 172.16.0.1.


>IPCop is a Linux based firewall/router. http://www.ipcop.org...


Yes, but it does not describe the OPs network and how they have 
configured it. You can *assume* that because it's a router then it 
must be routing between the subnets mentioned, but remember that old 
saying ...


... "Assumption is the mother of all f**k-ups"