Configuring Bootp/Dhcp Forwarding Parameters - Foundry Networks Switch and Router Installation And Configuration Manual

3. Click on the plus sign next to RIP in the tree view to expand the list of RIP option links.
4. Click on the UDP Helper link.
• If the device does not have any UDP helper assignments, the UDP Helper configuration panel is
displayed, as shown in the following example.
• If a UDP helper assignment is already configured and you are adding a new one, click on the Add UDP
Helper link to display the UDP Helper configuration panel, as shown in the following example.
• If you are modifying an existing UDP helper assignment, click on the Modify button to the right of the row
describing the assignment to display the UDP Helper configuration panel, as shown in the following
example.
5. Select the port (and slot if applicable) on behalf of which the UDP helper packets will be forwarded.
6. Enter the IP address of the remote server for which the router will be relaying the packets.
7. Click the Add button to save the change to the device's running-config file.
8. To configure settings for another port, select the port (and slot, if applicable) and go to step 6.
9. Select the Save link at the bottom of the dialog. Select Yes when prompted to save the configuration change
to the startup-config file on the device's flash memory.
To select an application to be forwarded to the server by the Layer 3 Switch:
1. Log on to the device using a valid user name and password for read-write access. The System configuration
panel is displayed.
2. Click on the plus sign next to Configure in the tree view to expand the list of configuration options.
3. Click on the plus sign next to RIP in the tree view to expand the list of RIP option links.
4. Click on the UDP Helper link.
5. Click on the Modify button to the right of the row describing the UDP helper assignment to display the UDP
Helper configuration panel.
6. Click on the System Broadcast Forward or User Broadcast Forward link.
• The System Broadcast Forward link displays a panel that lets you select a well-known UDP port.
• The User Broadcast Forward link displays a panel that lets you enter any port number.
7. Select the port or enter a port number from 1 – 65535.
8. Click the Add button to save the change to the device's running-config file.
9. Select the Save link at the bottom of the dialog. Select Yes when prompted to save the configuration change
to the startup-config file on the device's flash memory.

Configuring BootP/DHCP Forwarding Parameters

A host on an IP network can use BootP/DHCP to obtain its IP address from a BootP/DHCP server. To obtain the
address, the client sends a BootP/DHCP request. The request is a limited broadcast and is addressed to UDP
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