Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 06:27:48 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: handy@sag.space.lockheed.com (Brian Handy) Cc: mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DHCP client/server integration (import proposal) Message-ID: <199804160627.XAA13398@usr01.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980415132405.6094N-100000@sag.space.lockheed.com> from "Brian Handy" at Apr 15, 98 01:25:39 pm
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> >> 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. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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