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

To: Ramkumar Sankar <ramku.sankar at nokia.com>
Subject: Re: DHCP query/reply using IP directed-broadcast address
From: Joe Touch <touch at ISI.EDU>
Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 14:27:35 -0700
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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 than all-1's (see rfc2644)?

Joe

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