Re: "Renew" in Win95

Ralph Droms <droms@reef.bucknell.edu> Wed, 28 February 1996 22:58 UTC

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From: Ralph Droms <droms@reef.bucknell.edu>
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To: fred@speedster.ca.boeing.com
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Subject: Re: "Renew" in Win95

Fred Lien wrote:

>I just pushed the "Renew" button in Win95, and my dhcp
>server didn't know how to react.  The renew packet is unicast,
>which I believe is legal, but bypasses having the relay agent
>place it's ip address in the GIADDR field.  Since my server
>does simple socket io, the server has no idea that the
>client is in another subnet.  

What are the semantics of the "Renew" button - simulate T1 expiration
to request an extension of the current lease?  If so, the server
should be able to identify a renewal request because the client's IP
address should be in the 'ciaddr' field.

- Ralph