Re: "ifconfig inet 0" vs. DHCP

Martin Mares (mj@ucw.cz)
Tue, 11 Aug 1998 12:11:50 +0200


> 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
> address. From what the book led me to understand it does this becuase every
> machine on the network needs an address.

No, it's supposed to _send_ packets with source IP address 0.0.0.0.

Have a nice fortnight

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