01-29-2024 10:10 AM
Hello. Maybe my understanding of the DHCP relay feature is wrong but let me try to explain what I want to get.
Current setup with general broadcast DHCP
Two SSID:
Everything is connected through a switch to MikroTik there I have a DHCP server
Everything works as expected:
DHCP Relay
I hope that I understand correctly how it should work (AP works as relay agent):
Looks like that should work better than broadcast. However, without DHCP relay it works well so I'm just curios if it's possible to setup.
Solved! Go to Solution.
01-29-2024 12:53 PM
No, the DHCP relay is only configured in devices that works in L3. The AP works in L2.
We have the option "Directed MC/BC Threshold" that reduces multicast and broadcast traffic, but it doesn't apply to DHCP and ARP traffic:
https://docs.commscope.com/bundle/unleashed-200.9-onlinehelp/page/GUID-92FB1860-3276-4819-8A0F-78116...
04-23-2024 06:23 AM
You don't need to set routes in the ZD. Your router (which is the gateway for your ZD) should have a route to the DHCP server. The ZD simply converts DHCP broadcast traffic into unicast and forwards it to the DHCP relay IPs using the default gateway configured in the ZD.