Re: [dhcwg] What triggers a DHCP Information Request?

Ted Lemon <mellon@fugue.com> Thu, 16 October 2014 16:28 UTC

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On Oct 16, 2014, at 10:42 AM, Bernie Volz (volz) <volz@cisco.com> wrote:
> And, there might be some rate limiting that is applicable in case there is flapping of the RA prefix information.

I think that the fix there is to fix the RA flapping.   Having a burst of DHCP messages might be a useful indicator of network health.