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**mbossman2** · 10-17-2002, 07:25 PM

a dhcp server has the ability to distribute an IP address to a networked device, but generally a device can only belong to a single subnet (unless you have multiple adapters, then you can bind each one to its own network). A router, being a layer 3 networking device, allows traffic to flow from one IP subnet (layer 3 network) to another.

10-17-2002, 07:25 PM	#11
mbossman2 I am, in reality, a moose Staff Premium Member Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: RTP, NC Posts: 2,441	a dhcp server has the ability to distribute an IP address to a networked device, but generally a device can only belong to a single subnet (unless you have multiple adapters, then you can bind each one to its own network). A router, being a layer 3 networking device, allows traffic to flow from one IP subnet (layer 3 network) to another. Last edited by mbossman2; 10-17-2002 at 07:29 PM.