API for identifying the DHCP server's IP address.

lawrieleo_at_gmail.com
Date: 07/25/05 

Date: 25 Jul 2005 05:01:50 -0700

Hi all,

Here we are writing an application, which basically shows the network
configuration parameters of our linux box.
A dhcp client is working which fetches the ip address from the DHCP
server operating in our network. There could be morethan one server
operating. This application also needs to display the DHCP server's IP
address the one that assigned an IP address to our box?
How can our application program identify the DHCP server's IP address?
Any specific API or IOCTL for this purpose?
Please suggest.

Thanks,
Lawrie.

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