UDP Helper Address - Implementation

Implementation

Cisco's first implementation of this protocol was introduced in version 10 of their router software. It is implemented through the use of the router configuration commands ip helper-address and ip forward-protocol.

ip helper-address

To enable the forwarding of User Datagram Protocol (UDP) broadcasts, including BOOTP, received on an interface, use the ip helper-address command in interface configuration mode. To disable the forwarding of broadcast packets to specific addresses, use the no form of this command.

Syntax Description: ip helper-address address no ip helper-address ' address

vrf name

(Optional) Enables VPN routing and forwarding (VRF) instance and VRF name.

global

(Optional) Configures a global routing table.

address

Destination broadcast or host address to be used when forwarding UDP broadcasts. There can be more than one helper address per interface.

redundancy vrg-name

(Optional) Defines the VRG group name.

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