On Wednesday 09 March 2011 18:12, Lauri Kasanen wrote:
> > Can you give me any URLs regarding this particular DHCP server?
> > Is its source available somewhere?
> > 
> > It seems to be a very stupid behavior to not answer to packets with secs = 
> > 0.
> > 
> > _Any_ DHCP client starts the discovery by sending them.
> > 
> > Basically, dropping them ensures that DHCP works _slower_ than it can.
> > 
> > In other words, I am interested to look at DHCP server developer's 
> > rationale.
> 
> I believe it's this one:
> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Darwin/Reference/ManPages/man8/bootpd.8.html
> 
> I don't know if there are any sources for that, seeing as it comes from the 
> BSDs and so Apple doesn't have to distribute them. Also, this is not the 
> fault of the server, it's a deliberate config made by Apple. It can be 
> overridden, but it's the default as shipped.

Fixed in git:

http://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=9ac5596a5154d789964150737a784dc4db98265b

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