Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:21:29 -0400 (EDT) | Subject | Re: Handling of multiple DHCP OFFERs | From | David Miller <> |
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From: John Musbach <johnmusbach1@gmail.com> Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2011 23:18:06 +0000 (UTC)
> Hello, I am configuring a network that'll have multiple DHCP servers > and I was wondering how Linux handles receiving multiple DHCP OFFERs? > More specifically, how does it choose which one to prefer and how long > will it wait for a answer from a preferred server if the other server > answers first? Thanks.
There are multiple userspace implementations of DHCP, and the kernel does not usually get involved at all. You'll therefore have to ask the folks who write and maintain the various DHCP implementations.
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