Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: "ifconfig inet 0" vs. DHCP | Date | Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:17:27 +0100 (BST) |
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> It is? According to my TCP/IP protocols book, a DHCP client is suppose to > set the ip address to 0.0.0.0 before broadcasting the request for an
A DHCP client sends packets with address 0.0.0.0. Thats not the same as sitting on the imaginary address 0.0.0.0 as regards things like routing, icmp replies etc
Alan
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