OS/2 DHCP client ID

Henry Yung <hyung@join.com> Mon, 18 November 1996 19:24 UTC

Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 14:15:36 -0500
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From: Henry Yung <hyung@join.com>
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Subject: OS/2 DHCP client ID

I am having some strange "problems" with the OS/2 DHCP client.  I should
first say that I haven't seen them with my own eyes,  I am getting this
information second-handed but I am wondering if someone could explain to
me how OS/2 creates its client ID.

I have a customers who CLAIMS that the client sent two requests to the
server, both times with the same MAC address but once with a hardware
type of 1 (Ethernet) and once with a hardware type of 6 (Token Ring).
The machine suposedly has only one Token Ring card.  Exact same MAC
address but different hardware types!?  He also claims that the client
is using BOOTP and not DHCP so it might not have anything to do with client
ID at all.  It might very well be a BOOTP client that is changing the MAC
address fields in the BOOTP header.  However, I find that hard to believe.

I have also heard "rumors" that on OS/2, it is possible for the user
to change the client ID to anything he/she wants at any time.  Is that
true?  In general, what does the OS/2 DHCP client use as its client ID?

Any information will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

Hank

Email: hyung@join.com

OS/2 DHCP client ID Henry Yung
RE: OS/2 DHCP client ID Glenn Stump