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Hello, I'm wondering if there is a way to send a DHCP Ethernet Broadcast packet(s) through our internal network using a Linux command or script? We are running our dhcp ...
  1. 03-18-2009 #1
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    How to send a DHCP Ethernet Broadcast packet(s) through the network

    Hello,

    I'm wondering if there is a way to send a DHCP Ethernet Broadcast packet(s) through our internal network using a Linux command or script? We are running our dhcp server on CentOS release 5 (Final) Kernel 2.6.18-8.1.8.el5 on an i686.

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    It is a broadcast packet so it dies at the router. Are both dhcp client and dhcp server on the same network?
    If not then you need to setup a helper address on the router so it knows to send the packet to the dhcp server.

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