DHCP server and DHCP relay help plz

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Hello,

I have a Wi-Fi hotspot, which is all coax with an Ethernet to Coax converter, and coax based AP’s… yes i know :frowning:

I’m improving the “network core” right now, but my DHCP server on the RB450G won’t give out IP’s to Wi-Fi users.

I have an RB450G that has DHCP server, and also have the “Ethernet-to-Coax converter router” which has MikroTik’s LAN IP set-up as a DHCP relay.

Am I suppose to do anything else to the DHCP server besides pointing the “Ethernet-to-Coax converter router” DHCP-relay to the MikroTik’s dhcp server?

Thanks in advance.

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You need to configure the MikroTik to acknowledge the relay as a valid relay source. If your DHCP server instance is zero and the ethernet-to-coax gateway’s IP is 192.0.2.1, then you can do this:

/ip dhcp-server
set 0 relay=192.0.2.1

Refer to this for more information.

http://wiki.mikrotik.com/wiki/Manual:IP/DHCP_Server#General

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Hi, I did see these instructions, and tried to enter the LAN IP of “coax to ethernet converter router” in there, but that didn’t seem to work. I also tried to enter 255.255.255.255 in there - which supposedly should allow “any” DHCP relays? No luck on that one too.

Is there anything else to using a relay than this?:
/ip dhcp-server
set 0 relay=192.0.2.1

Do I need to do anything with the src-address in the dhcp-server?

Thank You

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bump, help plz :astonished: