Re: [dhcwg] Maximum message size interpretation
Tobin Coziahr <tobin.coziahr@sun.com> Tue, 19 February 2002 09:31 UTC
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Date: Tue, 19 Feb 2002 01:22:08 -0800
From: Tobin Coziahr <tobin.coziahr@sun.com>
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To: Bud Millwood <budm@weird-solutions.com>
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Subject: Re: [dhcwg] Maximum message size interpretation
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Bud- The Maximum Message Size option is also known as the "maximum DHCP message size" option (See RFC 2131, page 9-10). This ONLY refers to the size of the DHCP packet itself, without the IP and UDP headers. The point of the option is to let servers use messages larger than 548 bytes, which is the default max. So no, don't subtract the header size. -Tobin Bud Millwood wrote: > > When a client gives my server the maximum message size it can receive, should > I interpret that as the total IP packet size the client can receive or just > the size of the DHCP portion? > > >From the description of this option, it appears that I should interpret the > value as the size of the entire IP packet the client can receive. > > In other words, should I subtract IP and UDP header sizes from a client's > Maximum Message Size value? > > - Bud > > Bud Millwood > Weird Solutions, Inc. > http://www.weird-solutions.com > tel: +46 70 566 7803 > fax: +46 8 758 3687 > mailto:budm@weird-solutions.com > > _______________________________________________ > dhcwg mailing list > dhcwg@ietf.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dhcwg -- Tobin Coziahr 650-786-7118 (x87118) Solaris Networking tobin.coziahr@sun.com Sun Microsystems _______________________________________________ dhcwg mailing list dhcwg@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/dhcwg
- [dhcwg] Maximum message size interpretation Bud Millwood
- Re: [dhcwg] Maximum message size interpretation Tobin Coziahr
- Re: [dhcwg] Maximum message size interpretation Thomas Narten
- Re: [dhcwg] Maximum message size interpretation Tobin Coziahr