Re: DHCP Question

Mike Carney <Michael.Carney@east.sun.com> Wed, 14 May 1997 20:43 UTC

Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 16:38:04 -0400
Message-Id: <Roam.SIMC.2.0.Beta.863639566.23669.mwc@atlantic.east>
Errors-To: droms@bucknell.edu
Reply-To: dhcp-v4@bucknell.edu
Originator: dhcp-v4@bucknell.edu
Sender: dhcp-v4@bucknell.edu
Precedence: bulk
From: Mike Carney <Michael.Carney@east.sun.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <dhcp-v4@bucknell.edu>
Subject: Re: DHCP Question
Content-Type: text

> Dear Sirs,
> 
> I hope this is the place for questions, if not please guide me in the right
> 	direction.
> 
> How does the DHCP Client choose which server to send the DHCPREQUEST to when
> 	it receives multiple offers?
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Bob P.

Hi Bob,
	The answer is "it depends". ;^) Right now, it's up to the client vendor
to decide. Most pick the first one, others use some other mechanism for
choosing an OFFER (like based on the contents). Configuring your servers such
that they return the same (or as similar as possible) info makes the OFFERs
equivalent.

	There is work going on in this group regarding special options to help
an administrator do some "load balancing". See:
http://www.ietf.org/html.charters/dhc-charter.html
for more details.
Mike Carney
SNT Internet Engineering
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
2 Elizabeth Drive
Chelmsford, MA 01824

DHCP Question Bob Peters
Re: DHCP Question Mike Carney