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Aricent DHCP Relay Agent


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Overview :

Aricent DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Relay Agent is a portable implementation of the Relay Agent components specified in RFC 2131 and RFC 2132. It provides a framework for passing configuration information to hosts on a TCP/IP network, which does not have a DHCP server in its network.

Aricent DHCP is a portable implementation of the Server and the Relay Agent components as specified in RFC 2131 and RFC 2132.

DHCP Relay Agent

Features :

  • Communicates with the DHCP Server and Client for transferring the DHCP messages.
  • Aricent DHCP Relay Agent runs over Datagram Socket.
  • Provides complete support for SNMP-based management.
  • Supports the following relay agent information sub options
    • Circuit ID Sub-option.
    • Remote ID Sub-option.
    • Subnet Mask Sub-option
  • Conforms to Future Software Architecture for Portability Release (FSAP2) and higher, thus ensuring a highly portable code which uses flexible buffer and timer management libraries.

Benefits:

Aricent DHCP Relay Agent reduces the time to market for OEMs and VARs who wish to incorporate the DHCP relay agent functionality into their switching/routing devices.


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