> Section 3.5 of RFC 2131 (the DHCP RFC) states that "...Second, in its > initial DHCPDISCOVER or DHCPREQUEST message, a client may provide the > server with a list of specific parameters the client is interested in" > and "...The client can inform the server which configuration parameters > the client is interested in by including the 'parameter request list' > option." The data portion of this option explicitly lists the options > requested by tag number. A DHCP Server is not required to return any > parameter that a client does not ask for. It appears that the ISC-DHCP > server, which is recommended by most, will return configured options > regardless of whether or not the client asks for them.
As far as I know this is wrong. ISC DHCP does *not* behave this way. Do you have packet sniffer traces to indicate oterwise? In any case - yes, the client should absolutely request all the parameters it wants. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sth...@nethelp.no _______________________________________________ freebsd-net@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-net To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-net-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
