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Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ?

Mike Carney - Sun BOS Software <Mike.Carney@east.sun.com> Fri, 08 March 1996 18:21 UTC

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From: Mike Carney - Sun BOS Software <Mike.Carney@east.sun.com>
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Subject: Re: Minimum length of DHCP packet ?
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Sorry, I disagree. If you send out packets less than 300bytes,
and the relay agent dumps them on the floor, you don't have BOOTP/DHCP 
services, period. The bootp spec is very specific about the packet size.

Mike Carney
SunSoft PC Networking
Chelmsford, MA

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