Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 22:36:47 -0800 From: "Crist J . Clark" <cjc@FreeBSD.ORG> To: Kshitij Gunjikar <kshitijgunjikar@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP and IP Input Message-ID: <20020114223647.B28767@blossom.cjclark.org> In-Reply-To: <DJEEIBCKNENADJJIMPLFEEGOCDAA.kshitijgunjikar@yahoo.com>; from kshitijgunjikar@yahoo.com on Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 06:44:07PM %2B0530 References: <DJEEIBCKNENADJJIMPLFEEGOCDAA.kshitijgunjikar@yahoo.com>
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On Mon, Jan 14, 2002 at 06:44:07PM +0530, Kshitij Gunjikar wrote:
> Hi All,
> I have one question? If we have a FreeBSD box configured as a router and
> we are not supporting a DHCP like protocol then do we drop packets with
> 0.0.0.0 source address? As per RFC 1812 we must.
You need to run a BOOTP or DHCP service to do the forwarding. See
bootpgw(8) which is in the base system or dhcrelay(8) is part of the
DHCPD port.
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