Understanding dhcrelay

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Hello,

I'm trying to set up dhcrelay but based on what I'm reading I think I'm either missing a critical step or I don't understand how it works.

The dhcrelay server receives a DHCP request on its internal interface (192.168.0.1) and places that IP address in the giaddr field, then sends it from its outside interface (routable IP) to the dhcp server (routable IP). The dhcp server sees the giaddr and instead of replying to the routable IP of the dhcrelay server, it responds to 192.168.0.1. But since the dhcp server can't reach the internal network, the response is never received on the dhcrelay server.

Since the dhcp server can't get to the internal network (isn't that the whole idea of dhcrelay?), if it's answering to the giaddr field, how would the response ever get back to the dhcrelay server so that it could get back to the requesting client?

Any help in clearing up this confusion is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Kay

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