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- Table of Contents
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- 05-Layer 3 - IP Services Configuration Guide
- 00-Preface
- 01-ARP Configuration
- 02-IP Addressing Configuration
- 03-DHCP Configuration
- 04-DNS Configuration
- 05-NAT Configuration
- 06-IP Performance Optimization Configuration
- 07-Adjacency Table Configuration
- 08-UDP Helper Configuration
- 09-IPv6 Basics Configuration
- 10-DHCPv6 Configuration
- 11-IPv6 DNS Configuration
- 12-NAT-PT Configuration
- 13-Tunneling Configuration
- 14-GRE Configuration
- Related Documents
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| Title | Size | Download |
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| 08-UDP Helper Configuration | 90.51 KB |
Introduction to UDP Helper
Sometimes, a host needs to forward broadcasts to obtain network configuration information or request the names of other routers on the network. However, if the server or the router to be requested is located in another broadcast domain, the host cannot obtain such information through broadcast.
To solve this problem, the router provides the UDP Helper function to relay specified UDP packets. In other words, UDP Helper functions as a relay agent that converts UDP broadcast packets into unicast packets and forwards them to a specified destination server.
With UDP Helper enabled, the router decides whether to forward a received UDP broadcast packet according to the UDP destination port number of the packet.
· If the destination port number of the packet matches the one pre-configured on the router, the router modifies the destination IP address in the IP header, and then sends the packet to the specified destination server.
· If not, the router sends the packet to the upper layer protocol for processing.
Configuring UDP Helper
To configure UDP Helper:
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Step |
Command |
Remarks |
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1. Enter system view. |
system-view |
N/A |
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2. Enable UDP Helper. |
udp-helper enable |
Disabled by default. |
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1. Enable the forwarding of packets with the specified UDP destination port number(s). |
udp-helper port { port-number | dns | netbios-ds | netbios-ns | tacacs | tftp | time } |
No UDP port number is specified by default. |
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2. Enter interface view. |
interface interface-type interface-number |
N/A |
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3. Specify the destination server to which UDP packets are to be forwarded. |
udp-helper server ip-address |
No destination server is specified by default. |
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CAUTION: · The UDP Helper enabled router cannot forward DHCP broadcast packets. In other words, the UDP port number cannot be set to 67 or 68. · The UDP Helper enabled device must not forward DHCP broadcast packets that use destination port 67 or 68. Therefore, the UDP port numbers set with the udp-helper port command must not include 67 or 68. · The configuration of all UDP ports is removed if you disable UDP Helper. · You can configure up to 256 UDP port numbers to enable the forwarding of packets with these UDP port numbers. · You can configure up to 20 destination servers on an interface. |
Displaying and maintaining UDP Helper
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Task |
Command |
Remarks |
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Displays the information of forwarded UDP packets. |
display udp-helper server [ interface interface-type interface-number ] [ | { begin | exclude | include } regular-expression ] |
Available in any view |
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Clear statistics about packets forwarded. |
reset udp-helper packet |
Available in user view |
UDP Helper configuration example
Network requirements
As shown in Figure 1, the IP address of the interface GigabitEthernet 3/1/1 on Router A is 10.110.1.1/16. Configure UDP helper on Router A to forward broadcast packets with UDP destination port number 55 and destination IP address 255.255.255.255 or 10.110.255.255 to the destination server 10.2.1.1/16.
Configuration procedure
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NOTE: Make sure that a route from Router A to the network segment 10.2.0.0/16 is available. |
# Enable UDP Helper.
<RouterA> system-view
[RouterA] udp-helper enable
# Enable the forwarding of broadcast packets with the UDP destination port number 55.
[RouterA] udp-helper port 55
# Specify the server with the IP address of 10.2.1.1 as the destination server to which UDP packets are to be forwarded.
[RouterA] interface GigabitEthernet 3/1/1
[RouterA-GigabitEthernet3/1/1] ip address 10.110.1.1 16
[RouterA-GigabitEthernet3/1/1] udp-helper server 10.2.1.1
