Chapter 30
| IP Interface Commands
IPv4 Interface
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ip helper-address This command specifies the application server or subnet (indicated by a directed
broadcast address) to which designated UDP broadcast packets are forwarded. Use
the no form to remove a UDP helper address.
Syntax
[no] ip helper-address ip-address
ip-address - Host address or directed broadcast address to which UDP
broadcast packets are forwarded. (Range: 1-65535)
Default Setting
None
Command Mode
Interface Configuration (VLAN)
Command Usage
◆ Up to 20 helper addresses can be specified with this command.
◆ To forward UDP packets with the UDP helper, the clients must be connected to
the selected interface, and the interface configured with an IP address.
◆ The UDP packets to be forwarded must be specified by the ip forward-protocol
udp command, and the packets meet the following criteria:
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The MAC address of the received frame must be all-ones broadcast address
(ffff.ffff.ffff).
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The IP destination address must be one of the following:
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all-ones broadcast (255.255.255.255)
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subnet broadcast for the receiving interface
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The IP time-to-live (TTL) value must be at least 2.
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The IP protocol must be UDP (17).
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The UDP destination port must be TFTP, Domain Name System (DNS), Time,
NetBIOS, BOOTP or DHCP packet, or a UDP port specified by the ip forward-
protocol udp command.
◆ If a helper address is specified with this command, but no UDP ports have been
specified with the ip forward-protocol udp command, broadcast traffic for
several UDP protocol types will be forwarded by default as described under the
ip forward-protocol udp command.
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