Re: [opensuse] enable DHCP server broadcast Suse 11

James D. Parra wrote:
Hello,

Is there a way to ensure that the DHCP server on Suse will broadcast?
Perhaps this is the default setting, but I want to make sure our Vista
machines can get a DHCP assigned address.

Thank you,

James

AFIK, DHCP servers don't broadcast. They respond to DHCP requests,
which are broadcasts from clients.


--
Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org>
--
To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxx
For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@xxxxxxxxxxxx

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Weird dhcp broadcast address
    ... > seems to it to be the broadcast address as a gateway. ... if the address is 111.222.112.5 and the netmask ... DHCP server is set up incorrectly. ...
    (comp.os.linux.networking)
  • Re: Weird dhcp broadcast address
    ... > seems to it to be the broadcast address as a gateway. ... if the address is 111.222.112.5 and the netmask ... DHCP server is set up incorrectly. ...
    (alt.os.linux)
  • Re: [opensuse] enable DHCP server broadcast Suse 11
    ... James D. Parra wrote: ... Is there a way to ensure that the DHCP server on Suse will broadcast? ... But this may provide a little more info on the vista problem: ...
    (SuSE)
  • Re: dhcpd with multiple interfaces.
    ... So the broadcast address assigned to eth2 should be 192.168.1.127. ... I think that there is some kind of bug in DHCP server, ... > it really should NAK the DHCPREQUEST received via eth3, ... using just plain ethernet befare ruling it as a bug with DHCPd. ...
    (comp.os.linux.networking)
  • Re: [SLE] Solved, Re: [SLE] Firewall oddity
    ... >Yast's firewall wizard isn't something I'd played with before, ... I doubt my "pointers" had much ... said nothing about initial broadcast messages, ... At first, a system usually has no idea where any dhcp server is, so it ...
    (SuSE)