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DES-3326 Layer 3 Fast Ethernet Switch User’s Guide
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Web-Based
Network
Management
Relay Server
The IP address of the BOOTP relay server.
Multiple servers may be entered for a given
subnet name (IP interface name).
Relay Server
Displays the entered IP address of the
BOOTP relay server for the corresponding
subnet.
Remove
Click on the icon to remove the entry from
the table.
DNS Relay
DNS relay enables end stations to use a DNS server to resolve
domain names into IP addresses, even if the server and the end
station are not on the local IP interface.
If the DNS server and end station are on the same IP interface, no
relay is necessary. If the servers and the end stations are on
different IP interfaces, a relay agent is necessary for the switch to
forward the messages.
The relay agent forwards these packets between IP interfaces, and
therefore must know the IP addresses of the DNS servers and their
respective subnet names (or IP interface names).
When the switch receives packets destined for a DNS server, it
forwards them to specific servers as defined in the following
configuration. The switch also forwards packets from the DNS
servers to the appropriate subnets.
The first task is to set some parameters for the relay agent to
decide whether or not to forward a given DNS packet.