I can confirm what Dennis has already said. On SLES8 we use client dhcpcd and option "-B" (upper case) - will not work without it.
All the Best Mark Perry > From: Dennis Musselwhite [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 13 October 2004 18:02 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: DHCP Server on zLinux doesn't work > <SNIP> > > In a shared port environment, the DHCP client should use the broadcast > flag > in the DHCPDISCOVER frame (usually option "-b" on the client command). > This asks the DHCP server to respond with a broadcast (instead of a > unicast) DHCPOFFER. The broadcast frame is delivered to every host in > your > broadcast domain, so you can count on it reaching the DHCP client. > > The bad news is that some dhcp implementations DO NOT support the > broadcast > flag. If your current dhcp package does not support the "-b" option you > may need to try a different package (or ask the developers to add > broadcast > support for the DHCPOFFER). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
