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   From: philip+usenet@paeps.cx   
      
   Albert Manfredi  wrote:   
   > On Jun 16, 5:32 am, Simon Richter  wrote:   
   >> If I understood correctly, configuration using a relay agent will skip   
   >> the agent after the client has received an address, which means the   
   >> agent need not be reachable via unicast from the client network, but   
   >> only from the side of the actual server.   
   >   
   > I think that's correct. Once the client has his IP address and the   
   > default router, that client can unicast to a remote DHCP server   
   > without involving the relay agent.   
      
   Note that some modern "smarter" edge routers will also intercept these   
   unicasts and add relay-information elements to them before sending them   
   on to a distant server.  Often, the distant server will outright refuse   
   messages without relay-information.   
      
    - Philip   
      
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