DHCPD + Relay

[Vitaliy Ovsyannikov]

Hello, Jon.

> I want to set up a DHCP-server for a number of subnets. My current
> router (Cisco) has a dhcp-relay function (ip helper) to put on each if
> in the router to make it answer and forward requests to the dhcp-server.

> I am having trouble to get isc-dhcp-server to start up without a 
> subnet-declaration for a local subnet.
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> How can i make it start up without a declaration for the local subnets?

Just write a subnet declaration for subnets used on those interfaces.
And as the important addition, you need subnet declarations for each
subnet used on your cisco router.

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Sincerely,
Vitaliy Ovsyannikov
JSC Skala, Krasnoyarsk, Russia