Huh? DHCP is carried in UDP and IP. There is a little funkiness in the DHCPv4 transport, which we wouldn't have need if IPv4 link-local addresses had been defined when RFC 2131 was published. DHCPv6 uses link-local addresses and garden-variety IPv6.
- Ralph On 4/20/07 1:48 PM, "Hallam-Baker, Phillip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> From: David W. Hankins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> On Thu, Apr 19, 2007 at 03:38:40PM -0700, Hallam-Baker, Phillip wrote: >>> DHCP is a layer 3 technology that talks directly to layer 2. >> >> DHCP is a technology that dynamically configures hosts. > > That's not the point, the point here is that DHCP is not an Internet protocol. > It is an IETF protocol but not an Internet protocol. It does not layer on the > IP stack. > > > _______________________________________________ > Ietf mailing list > Ietf@ietf.org > https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf _______________________________________________ Ietf mailing list Ietf@ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf
