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M5300 dhcp helper address
Attempting to take an existing flat network and create vlans to improve performance.
I will admit that I am inexperienced in this, but I have seen a similar setup using Cisco switching.
My plan was to create a vlan for each IDF to cut down on broadcast traffic.
We are running a Windows 2012r2 DHCP server and I added an additional scope for the test vlan that I am hoping to create.
I have not found a method of relaying the dhcp request to the server.
I am hoping that this is a simple task and that one of you can smack me with a link to the documentation that I should read.
Switches are M5300 running firmware 11.0.0.12
I contacted NetGear support and was able to work it out.
The tech made changes using the GUI that I was unable to figure out using the CLI.
Also, need to add a few static routes in my WatchGuard firewall
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Hello WillieEverlearn,
Welcome to the community!
I understand you are looking for a way to relay DHCP request to your server, let me try to help you with this one. I believe what you need to do is to configure the DHCP server in dynamic mode, for instructions please click this link.
I hope this helps! if you have more questions the community is happy to help.
Thanks.
Thank you for the reply, John.
Correct me if I am wrong, but the link seems to create a new DHCP pool on the netgear.
This is not what I want.
The Windows Server 2012r2 is the DHCP server and I want to direct vlan broadcasts to it.
In the cisco world, I would add an ip helper-address...is this possible?
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