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Re: [dhcwg] Interface

Ted Lemon <mellon@nominum.com> Wed, 19 September 2001 16:39 UTC

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To: Erik Nordmark <Erik.Nordmark@eng.sun.com>
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Subject: Re: [dhcwg] Interface
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Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 09:37:18 -0700
From: Ted Lemon <mellon@nominum.com>
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> I suspect that the real constraint is that the client MUST send the
> message on an interface attached to the same *LINK* as the interface it
> is trying to configure. When the client has multiple interfaces attached to
> the same link the server/relay can't tell which one was used (short of
> inspecting the source MAC address which may or may not differ).

How does the client know that two interfaces are attached to the same
link?   Better to leave well enough alone.

			       _MelloN_

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