Re: DHCPDECLINE doubt...

KEY@tgv.com Thu, 28 March 1996 14:23 UTC

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Subject: Re: DHCPDECLINE doubt...
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Whoops, thought we fixed that back in August.  The concensus then was that
it should be broadcast and a quick survey showed that existing 
implementions were using broadcast.

regards,
Ken Key



> In draft-ietf-dhc-dhcp-06.txt, in section 4.4.4, it is mentioned that
> the client unicasts DHCPDECLINE message. I feel that it is not correct.
> In DHCPDECLINE, the source address will be zero (client will still be
> unconfigured) then if the server is not on the local net, how will the client
> be able to unicast the message to the server? I think that it should be
> broadcast. Any thoughts???
> 
> Best regards
> Rajesh
> 
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