From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 17 05:37:02 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id FAA07528 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 17 Jan 1995 05:37:02 -0800 Received: from minnow.render.com (render.demon.co.uk [158.152.30.118]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with ESMTP id FAA07518 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 1995 05:36:28 -0800 Received: (from dfr@localhost) by minnow.render.com (8.6.9/8.6.9) id NAA08195; Tue, 17 Jan 1995 13:36:34 GMT Date: Tue, 17 Jan 1995 13:36:32 +0000 (GMT) From: Doug Rabson To: Terry Lambert cc: Garrett Wollman , hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: DHCP and diskless support In-Reply-To: <9501170644.AA25689@cs.weber.edu> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Mon, 16 Jan 1995, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > This is Microsoft Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. > > > > Actually, it is the Internet Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, a > > compatible extension of BootP. Search the RFC index for `DHC' and > > `BOOTP'. > > Is this a "yes, it will be integrated"? > > "compatible" seems to imply a yes answer. > > If that's the case, then now all we need is DHCP query code for the > diskless clients -- any takers? > I just looked at the DHCP patch and it does not support dynamic address allocation. All it does is include DHCP options in the reply packets supporting the DHCP DISCOVER->OFFER->REQUEST->ACK process. The addresses come from /etc/bootptab as before. -- Doug Rabson, RenderMorphics Ltd. Mail: dfr@render.com Phone: +44 71 251 4411 FAX: +44 71 251 0939