From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Apr 15 23:28:34 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA26044 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 23:28:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from smtp03.primenet.com (smtp03.primenet.com [206.165.6.133]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA25902 for ; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 23:28:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from tlambert@usr01.primenet.com) Received: (from daemon@localhost) by smtp03.primenet.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA05584; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 23:27:57 -0700 (MST) Received: from usr01.primenet.com(206.165.6.201) via SMTP by smtp03.primenet.com, id smtpd005567; Wed Apr 15 23:27:51 1998 Received: (from tlambert@localhost) by usr01.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) id XAA13398; Wed, 15 Apr 1998 23:27:48 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert Message-Id: <199804160627.XAA13398@usr01.primenet.com> Subject: Re: DHCP client/server integration (import proposal) To: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com (Brian Handy) Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 06:27:48 +0000 (GMT) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: from "Brian Handy" at Apr 15, 98 01:25:39 pm X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL25] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > >> I have a contribified version of the ISC DHCP suite (2.0b1pl0), which I > >> would like to incorporate, as a first step towards making FreeBSD a good > >> DHCP citizen. > > I will also nod agreement towards importing this. I imagine this will be > made rc.conf-friendly so it's relatively painless to start using? Windows 98 will, in the absence of a DHCP server, randomly allocate an address on the 10/8 network, after an ARP fails to show an existing user of the address. Statistically, this is a 1 in 2^24th possibility of a collision, and then only between the ARP and the allocation. This type of allocation is a good model for a serverless environment. I would recommend that a good FreeBSD client use the same algorithm. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message