questions about (system) dhclient

[Rick Miller]

On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Dave Duchscher <daved at tamu.edu> wrote:

> On Apr 1, 2014, at 7:48 AM, Rick Miller <vmiller at hostileadmin.com> wrote:
>
>
> >
> > The conversation between a DHCP server and client consists of the initial
> > DHCP DISCOVER request from the client broadcasted to the network to
> which a
> > DHCP ACK is expected in reply from an available DHCP server.  Upon
> receipt
> > of DHCP ACK, the client sends another DHCP DISCOVER to the server asking
> > for configuration information necessary to initialize networking.  The
> > server's response is a DHCP OFFER containing all the information
> requested
> > by the client.
> >
> > I illustrate this in a sequence diagram describing a PXE workflow for
> > FreeBSD installation at
> > http://hostileadmin.com/images/FreeBSD_PXE_Install_Workflow.gif.  The
> first
> > four steps in the sequence is the workflow's first DHCP conversation.
>
>
> The description of the DHCP packet flow is incorrect. DHCP packet flow
> is the following for clients requesting a new lease. Diagram below
> copied from RFC 2131. For clients renewing a lease, only the REQUEST and
> ACK steps are done.
>

Thanks, Dave...I did mix up the terminology.

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Take care
Rick Miller