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Retired_Member
May 22, 2011
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DHCP Relay over VPN

Hi Guys, I have a problem with setting up DHCP relay mode over my VPN. The VPN works ok and I can access the remote router, printers, etc via their internal IP address (192.168.0.xxx) no problem. My...
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    MGSteve
    Jun 03, 2011
    Just be aware that its not really a good idea to run DHCP over a VPN as if for whatever reason the VPN goes down, the computers at the remote site won't be able to get an IP address & the whole network there could go into meltdown... Personally I use DHCP on the site with the server and remote sites I use static. I could probably use a local DHCP server at each site, but for the number of PCs involved, using statics was easier.
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MGSteve
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Jun 03, 2011
Just be aware that its not really a good idea to run DHCP over a VPN as if for whatever reason the VPN goes down, the computers at the remote site won't be able to get an IP address & the whole network there could go into meltdown... Personally I use DHCP on the site with the server and remote sites I use static. I could probably use a local DHCP server at each site, but for the number of PCs involved, using statics was easier.

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