Re: bootp and all-ones source address

Tomasz Przygoda (tprzyg@securities.com)
Thu, 05 Nov 1998 17:21:14 -0500


Eric Brunson wrote:

> How else would you broadcast a bootp request? This is the
> non-directed broadcast address, so if your server is not receiving it

He's saying he's got _SOURCE_ address set to all ones! And this is wrong (very
wrong!).

-- Tomek,
"In theory there's no difference between theory and practice, but in practice...."

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