IP Helper Protocols

IP Helper supports pre-defined protocols and user-defined protocols. It also supports user-defined IP Helper policies. IP Helper offers better control for NetBIOS and DHCP relay applications.

IP Helper supports the following pre-defined relay protocols:

DHCP—UDP port number 67/68
Net-Bios DNS—UDP port number 137
Net-Bios Datagram—UDP port number 138
DNS—UDP port number 53
Time Service—UDP port number 37
Wake on LAN (WOL)—UPD port number 7
mDNS—UDP port number 5353; multicast address 224.0.0.251

Each protocol has the following configurable options:

Name—The name of the protocol (case sensitive and unique).
Port 1/2—The unique UDP port number.
Translate IP—Translation of the source IP while forwarding a packet.
Timeout—IP Helper cache timeout in seconds at an increment of 10.
Raw Mode—Unidirectional forwarding that does not create an IP Helper cache.
This is suitable for most of the user-defined protocols that are used for discovery, for example WOL/mDNS.

Users can also create their own relay protocols by specifying the UDP port number and then defining the IP Helper policies for that protocol.

The pre-defined and user-defined IP Helper protocols are displayed in the Relay Protocols panel on the Network > IP Helper page.

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