relay "via"

[Marki]

Hello,

I would like to understand what the part behind "via" is exactly tryingn 
to tell me in this case.

Why is it once showing "vlan50" (the interface of the DHCP server 
itself) and another time "172.17.8.1" (which is the actual DHCP relay of 
the device in question).
There is no way the device is sending dhcp requests directly from 
"vlan50", i.e. from the network directly attached to the dhcp server.

2023-03-23T09:30:46.722240+01:00 dns01 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 
172.17.8.11 from xx:yy:zz:d9:11:57 (string) via vlan50
2023-03-23T09:30:46.722256+01:00 dns01 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 172.17.8.11 to 
xx:yy:zz:d9:11:57 (string) via vlan50
2023-03-23T09:31:18.788021+01:00 dns01 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 
172.17.8.11 from xx:yy:zz:d9:11:57 (string) via 172.17.8.1
2023-03-23T09:31:18.788037+01:00 dns01 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 172.17.8.11 to 
xx:yy:zz:d9:11:57 (string) via 172.17.8.1

Thanks
Marki