tech-kern: Local net broadcast address...

Subject: Local net broadcast address...
To: None <tech-kern@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 02/29/1996 11:24:01

My DHCP server is trying to send packets to the local net broadcast
address - 255.255.255.255.   This is a requirement in order to follow
the DHCP protocol.

Unfortunately, the NetBSD 1.1 kernel seems to think that if I asked to
send a packet to 255.255.255.255, I must have meant to send it to
204.254.239.255 (my local broadcast address).   IMHO, this is a bug,
but I'm sure there's some good reason why this is being done.   Can
anybody explain?

			       _MelloN_