Re: DHCP query/reply using IP directed-broadcast address

2002-10-16 Thread Harald Tveit Alvestrand
--On 8. oktober 2002 17:54 + Ramkumar Sankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > besides DHCP, are there any other protocols that use this subnet > directed-broadcast address while sending out IP packets? SMB, the Microsoft-derived filesharing protocol, can be (mis)configured to use subnet-dire

Re: DHCP query/reply using IP directed-broadcast address

2002-10-09 Thread C. M. Heard
> Ramkumar Sankar wrote: RS> is there any server implementation that replies to client requests using the RS> 'subnet directed-broadcast' rather than the limited ip broadcast (i.e all RS> 1s)? ... > Joe Touch replied: JT> What would be the utility in doing so, e.g., given the fact that th

Re: DHCP query/reply using IP directed-broadcast address

2002-10-09 Thread Joe Touch
Ramkumar Sankar wrote: > is there any server implementation that replies to client requests using the > 'subnet directed-broadcast' rather than the limited ip broadcast (i.e all > 1s)? ... What would be the utility in doing so, e.g., given the fact that they're no more likely to traverse a router

DHCP query/reply using IP directed-broadcast address

2002-10-08 Thread Ramkumar Sankar
hi, is there any server implementation that replies to client requests using the 'subnet directed-broadcast' rather than the limited ip broadcast (i.e all 1s)? i believe linux and unix implementation do the latter, but the RFC does not preclude sending the former.. besides DHCP, are there any ot