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DHCPDECLINE doubt...

Rajesh Saluja <rsaluja@wipinfo.soft.net> Thu, 28 March 1996 10:38 UTC

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From: Rajesh Saluja <rsaluja@wipinfo.soft.net>
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Subject: DHCPDECLINE doubt...
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Date: Thu, 28 Mar 1996 16:03:40 +0500 (GMT+0500)
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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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