Subject: Re: BOOTP support (change request)
To: Gordon W. Ross <gwr@mc.com>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@nas.nasa.gov>
List: tech-net
Date: 05/22/1997 12:52:47
On Wed, 21 May 97 12:49:49 EDT
gwr@mc.com (Gordon W. Ross) wrote:
> Can anyone see a problem with the above proposal?
> Attached is a proposed change to implement this.
> Comments?
This seems reasonable to me... although, I wonder what happens when
some client on the wire _does_ set the broadcast bit, and the bootp/dhcp
server replies broadcast... N hosts could receive the wrong reply, yes?
Jason R. Thorpe thorpej@nas.nasa.gov
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