From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jan 17 08:23:38 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) id IAA09699 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 17 Jan 1995 08:23:38 -0800 Received: from cs.weber.edu (cs.weber.edu [137.190.16.16]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.9/8.6.6) with SMTP id IAA09693 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 1995 08:23:35 -0800 Received: by cs.weber.edu (4.1/SMI-4.1.1) id AA26668; Tue, 17 Jan 95 09:15:34 MST From: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert) Message-Id: <9501171615.AA26668@cs.weber.edu> Subject: Re: DHCP and diskless support To: dfr@render.com (Doug Rabson) Date: Tue, 17 Jan 95 9:15:33 MST Cc: wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Doug Rabson" at Jan 17, 95 01:36:32 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4dev PL52] Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > > > 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. OK, so it's still suitable for WfWG 3.1, Windows 95, and NT clients, making it Microsoft Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. And it's a step in the right direction for Internet Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. Now that we've arrived at what it looks like... 8^)... Does it get committed? What does the author say about distributability? Terry Lambert terry@cs.weber.edu --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.