Quaker Fang writes:
> > How's that?
> >   
> On WPA mode, the packets are encrypted, the unicast packets and 
> broadcast/multicast packets are sent by driver
> using different key, the broadcast/multicast key is retrieved by 256-bit 
> rc4, and the 256-bit rc4 is in SUNWcry.
> 
> DHCP will use broadcast to get IP address, without the key, it will fail.

ARP uses broadcast as well.  If it can't broadcast, it will fail, and
you won't be able to talk to anyone using IPv4.

IPv6 NDP and RD both use multicast.  IPv6 will fail without that
support, and it has nothing to do with DHCP.

I don't think DHCP is a special factor here.

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