VLANS and DHCP
Michael Loftis
mloftis at wgops.com
Fri Aug 18 02:27:59 UTC 2006
--On August 17, 2006 9:09:53 PM -0500 Steve Wenger
<steve at nconnectwireless.com> wrote:
> I am currently running a wireless network with over 2ooo clients attached
> to 50 different access points, I will be reconfiguring the network and
> setting up different VLANS for each tower location. I want to use one
> centralized DHCP server so I need to configure a DHCP server that can
> assign clients addresses from multiple address blocks both public and
> private based upon the VLAN that the client is part of. Can anyone
> point me to some documentation on how to accomplish this.
> Steve Wenger
> Nconnect Internet and High Speed Wireless.
> Got a need for speed? We have a solution for you!
What platform? Linux and FreeBSD both support an 802.1q/VLAN encapsulation
driver. I've used both to run DHCP and they work very well. They both
expose an interface to DHCPd, so there's nothing 'special' as far as DHCPd
is concerned. In Linux there's an option you have to sometimes set that
makes sure the Layer2 Ethernet headers are correct in order to make certain
the DHCPd works. In any case it's not the DHCPd that does the VLAN
interface, it's the host OS.
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