Adding a bridge disable dhcp ????

I have a RB1100AH which means it as two switch

From what I know in order to get the dhcp-server for the other switch I have to bridge two ports from the two different switch

here is the setup


interface ethernet print
Flags: X - disabled, R - running, S - slave 
 #    NAME            MTU MAC-ADDRESS       ARP        MASTER-PORT         SWITCH        
 0    ether12        1500 00:0C:42:EA:66:7C enabled   
 1 R  ether13        1500 00:0C:42:EA:66:7D enabled   
 2 RS ether1         1500 00:0C:42:EA:66:71 enabled    ether3              switch2       
 3 RS ether2         1500 00:0C:42:EA:66:72 enabled    ether3              switch2       
 4 R  ether3         1500 00:0C:42:EA:66:73 enabled    none                switch2       
 5 RS ether4         1500 00:0C:42:EA:66:74 enabled    ether3              switch2       
 6 RS ether5         1500 00:0C:42:EA:66:75 enabled    ether3              switch2       
 7 R  ether6         1500 00:0C:42:EA:66:76 enabled    none                switch1       
 8 RS ether7         1500 00:0C:42:EA:66:77 enabled    ether6              switch1       
 9  S ether8         1500 00:0C:42:EA:66:78 enabled    ether6              switch1       
10    ether9         1500 00:0C:42:EA:66:79 enabled    none                switch1       
11    ether10        1500 00:0C:42:EA:66:7A enabled    none                switch1       
12    ether11        1500 00:0C:42:EA:66:7B enabled

I add a bridge

> interface bridge print 
Flags: X - disabled, R - running 
 0  R name="bridge1" mtu=1500 l2mtu=1598 arp=enabled mac-address=00:0C:42:EA:66:73 
      protocol-mode=none priority=0x8000 auto-mac=yes admin-mac=00:00:00:00:00:00 
      max-message-age=20s forward-delay=15s transmit-hold-count=6 ageing-time=5m

the add the two master port on each switch to the bridge

> interface bridge port print
Flags: X - disabled, I - inactive, D - dynamic 
 #    INTERFACE                   BRIDGE                   PRIORITY  PATH-COST    HORIZON
 0    ether3                      bridge1                      0x80         10       none
 1    ether6                      bridge1                      0x80         10       none

bang no client can get an IP adress anymore !!!

Maybe I’m just tired, but I wonder if one of you have an idea

Where is the DHCP server? How are the switches being used as regards subnets?

Are you running your DHCP server on one of the ports or the bridge. You will have to run your DHCP server on the bridge itself and not one of the ports in the bridge.

My my my,

That was it. Just make plenty of sense.