Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 08:20:11 -0600 (CST) From: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: wghicks@bellsouth.net, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP Autoconfig (Was: Lets Endorse KDE) Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9902030810580.11212-100000@mercury.webnology.com> In-Reply-To: <199902030324.UAA04247@usr02.primenet.com>
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On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Terry Lambert wrote: > Is this a draft from Microsoft, or is it from people who don't > violate protocol layering with things like PAP? It's an IETF draft, written by Ryan Troll from Carnegie Mellon. > Do you have a reference to the draft? http://search.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dhc-ipv4-autoconfig-03.txt > Also, if it's not MS, it would be just like them to declare that if > there isn't a DHCP server, then they aren't a DHCP client, and they > will therefore do what they damn well please. 8-(. Well, not really. The draft specifies that the DHCP client MUST [sic] try to lease an address a number of times. If it gets a DHCPNAK, it's not allowed to autoconfigure. The client also must continue to check for a DHCP server every so often. If it gets a DHCPAC "DoNOTAutoConfigure" response at some point, it must drop all existing connections, lose the autoconfigured address, and start looking for a DHCP server again. If it gets a DHCPOFFER, it leases a real address on the network. AFAICT, the Microsoft implementation does this, surprisingly enough. Check out the draft, though. Cheers, Mick The Reverend Jasper P. O'Malley dotdot:jooji@webnology.com Systems Administrator ringring:asktheadmiral Webnology, LLC woowoo:http://www.webnology.com/~jooji To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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