Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 10:41:02 -0700 (PDT) From: Archie Cobbs <archie@whistle.com> To: tlambert@primenet.com (Terry Lambert) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP client/server integration (import proposal) Message-ID: <199804171741.KAA06511@bubba.whistle.com> In-Reply-To: <199804170543.WAA00853@usr07.primenet.com> from Terry Lambert at "Apr 17, 98 05:43:34 am"
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Terry Lambert writes: > > > But this brings up another question: If the DHCP client only gets NAK > > > responses should it still allocate a 10/8 address for itself, or should it > > > take this to mean that it shouldn't be using the network at all? > > > > Good question.. this should only happen if all the addresses are > > used up. I'd say it shouldn't be using the network at all... but > > try again later. Talking on 10/8 is probably not going to help anything. > > This is irrelevent. Windows 98 will do this. I'm not so sure.. getting a NAK is different from not getting any response at all. We should find a win98 client and try it. -Archie ___________________________________________________________________________ Archie Cobbs * Whistle Communications, Inc. * http://www.whistle.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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