RE: [dhcwg] doubt regarding DHCPREQUEST
"venkat devarajan" <venkat026@hotmail.com> Tue, 09 October 2001 16:25 UTC
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From: venkat devarajan <venkat026@hotmail.com>
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Subject: RE: [dhcwg] doubt regarding DHCPREQUEST
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2001 21:52:50 +0530
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Hi does the client not know the server's IpAddress when getting a DHCPACK /DHCPOFFER ? i am referring to the 'siaddr' field in the dhcp packet structure . Regrads, Venkat >From: "Bernie Volz (EUD)" <Bernie.Volz@am1.ericsson.se> >To: "'venkat devarajan'" <venkat026@hotmail.com>, dhcwg@ietf.org >Subject: RE: [dhcwg] doubt regarding DHCPREQUEST >Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2001 08:36:04 -0500 > >The client may well not have an address of sufficient scope it can use to >communicate with the server. > >If the server and client are on the same link, then sure the link local >address could be used (and in this case the server could send the client >the unicast option in the Advertise). > >However, if the server is off-link, then the client can't communicate with >the server directly. Also, if you have multiple relays, won't it be useful >to be able to use the one that is up in case one fails? > >Also, remember that IPv6 uses a lot of multicasting (no broadcasting) and >hence only those systems that are playing a DHCP role will receive these >packets. So, the cost of multicasting them is not very high. > >- Bernie Volz > >-----Original Message----- >From: venkat devarajan [mailto:venkat026@hotmail.com] >Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 7:54 AM >To: dhcwg@ietf.org >Subject: [dhcwg] doubt regarding DHCPREQUEST > > >Hi , >I am Venkat working in Sun Microsystems. >I have a doubt regarding the DHCPREQUEST message broadcast. > >Doubt: >Why is a DHCPREQUEST for Address Reuse or an lease time extension broadcast >to all other servers ? could it not be sent to that dhcp server alone that >provided the client with the ip adrress ? > >Regards, >Venkat > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp > > >_______________________________________________ >dhcwg mailing list >dhcwg@ietf.org >http://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dhcwg _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp _______________________________________________ dhcwg mailing list dhcwg@ietf.org http://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dhcwg
- [dhcwg] doubt regarding DHCPREQUEST venkat devarajan
- RE: [dhcwg] doubt regarding DHCPREQUEST Bernie Volz (EUD)
- RE: [dhcwg] doubt regarding DHCPREQUEST venkat devarajan
- RE: [dhcwg] doubt regarding DHCPREQUEST Bernie Volz (EUD)
- Re: [dhcwg] doubt regarding DHCPREQUEST Ralph Droms
- RE: [dhcwg] doubt regarding DHCPREQUEST Mark Llacuna