System, device, and method for routing dhcp packets in a public data network

摘要

A system (300), device (320, 330) and method (200) for routing DHCP packets in a public data network wherein a relay agent inserts a source identifier into DHCP request packets. A server extracts the source identifier from the DHCP request packets and inserts the information into DHCP response packets. The relay agent uses the information to determine a destination for the DHCP response packets.