RFC 3046 (rfc3046) - Page 2 of 14
DHCP Relay Agent Information Option
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RFC 3046 DHCP Relay Agent Information Option January 2001
Table of Contents
1 Introduction........................................... 2
1.1 High-Speed Circuit Switched Data Networks.............. 2
1.2 DHCP Relay Agent in the Circuit Access Equipment....... 4
2.0 Relay Agent Information Option......................... 5
2.1 Agent Operation........................................ 6
2.1.1 Reforwarded DHCP requests............................ 7
2.2 Server Operation....................................... 7
3.0 Relay Agent Information Suboptions..................... 8
3.1 Agent Circuit ID....................................... 8
3.2 Agent Remote ID........................................ 9
4.0 Issues Resolved........................................ 9
5.0 Security Considerations................................ 10
6.0 IANA Considerations.................................... 11
7.0 Intellectual Property Notice........................... 12
8.0 References............................................. 12
9.0 Glossary............................................... 13
10.0 Author's Address...................................... 13
11.0 Full Copyright Statement ............................. 14
1 Introduction
1.1 High-Speed Circuit Switched Data Networks
Public Access to the Internet is usually via a circuit switched data
network. Today, this is primarily implemented with dial-up modems
connecting to a Remote Access Server. But higher speed circuit
access networks also include ISDN, ATM, Frame Relay, and Cable Data
Networks. All of these networks can be characterized as a "star"
topology where multiple users connect to a "circuit access unit" via
switched or permanent circuits.
With dial-up modems, only a single host PC attempts to connect to the
central point. The PPP protocol is widely used to assign IP
addresses to be used by the single host PC.
The newer high-speed circuit technologies, however, frequently
provide a LAN interface (especially Ethernet) to one or more host
PCs. It is desirable to support centralized assignment of the IP
addresses of host computers connecting on such circuits via DHCP.
The DHCP server can be, but usually is not, co-implemented with the
centralized circuit concentration access device. The DHCP server is
often connected as a separate server on the "Central LAN" to which
the central access device (or devices) attach.
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