On 25/10/2012 10:25, Christoph Pleger wrote:
> Hello,
>
>> If there any particular reason why you have the DHCP server on the same
>> subnet as your DHCP clients?
> Routers do not forward broadcast messages to other broadcast domains.
>
>
Routers usually have a DHCP helper feature that allows a DHCP server to 
remotely serve IP addresses to subnets they are not actually members of.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UDP_Helper_Address

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