Ip helper – LevelOne GTL-2691 User Manual

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IPv4 Interface

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XAMPLE

This example enables forwarding for DHCPv6 UDP packets.

Console(config)#ip forward-protocol udp 547

Console(config)#

ip helper

This command enables UDP helper globally on the switch. Use the no form

to disable this feature.

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[no] ip helper

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Disabled

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Global Configuration

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Network hosts occasionally use UDP broadcasts to determine

information such as address configuration, and domain name mapping.

These broadcasts are confined to the local subnet, either as an all hosts

broadcast (all ones broadcast - 255.255.255.255), or a directed subnet

broadcast (such as 10.10.10.255). To reduce the number of application

servers deployed in a multi-segment network, UDP helper can be used

to forward broadcast packets for specified UDP application ports to

remote servers located in another network segment.

To configure UDP helper, it must be enabled globally with the ip helper

command. The UDP destination ports for which broadcast traffic will be

forwarded must be specified with the

ip forward-protocol udp

command. And the remote servers which are configured to service UDP

clients on another network segment specified with the

ip helper-

address

command.

E

XAMPLE

This example enables UDP helper globally on the switch.

Console(config)#ip helper

Console(config)#

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