Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 07:55:01 -0500 From: Jim King <jim.king@mail.sstar.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP client/server integration (import proposal) Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19980416075501.0091f500@mail.sstar.com> In-Reply-To: <199804160627.XAA13398@usr01.primenet.com> References: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980415132405.6094N-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com>
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At 06:27 AM 4/16/98 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: >> >> 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. fwiw, wide-dhcp also allocates a 10/8 address if it doesn't get a response from a DHCP server. 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? ---------- Nobody cares about my opinions. Jim King http://www.sstar.com/jim_king/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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