Date: Sat, 18 Apr 1998 08:14:20 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: archie@whistle.com (Archie Cobbs) Cc: tlambert@primenet.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP client/server integration (import proposal) Message-ID: <199804180814.BAA01302@usr06.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199804171741.KAA06511@bubba.whistle.com> from "Archie Cobbs" at Apr 17, 98 10:41:02 am
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> > > > 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. You could use the one in David's cube. BTW: If 2^24 addresses have been given out, you have a bigger problem. You are probably going to melt your way to the earth's core from the thermal dissapation from all those machines on you local network. 8-). 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
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