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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.
-- 
"It's always funny until someone gets hurt. Then it's hilarious."

Crist J. Clark                     |     cjclark@alum.mit.edu
                                   |     cjclark@jhu.edu
http://people.freebsd.org/~cjc/    |     cjc@freebsd.org

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