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William,

By default, the Cisco router will not forward BOOTP requests
(UDP broadcats).  You must configure the Cisco router to forward
these UDP broadcasts.

This can be done by using the ip forward-protocol global con-
figuration command and an ip helper-address.  The ip forward-
protocol command allows you to specify protocols and ports to
be forwarded by the router.  The ip helper-address defines the
destination host to receive the UDP broadcasts.

An example:

ip forward-protocol udp
!
interface ethernet 0
ip address 131.12.1.1 255.255.255.0
ip helper-address 131.12.4.12
> 
> FC 951 states that routers can be configured to forward BOOTP
> requests. How does cisco handle such requests? Are the packets
> forwarded as-is or are they altered in some way? Does the 
> router need any specific parameters set or is it a default
> process in the router software itself? I'm trying to determine
> how interoperable cisco is with other router vendors.
> 
> W. Smith	 575-2363	wildbill@lobby.ti.com
> 

  -- Gary Kunis --
PS - this is found on pages 13-13 and 13-14 in volume II of the
Configuration Reference Manuals