Said Chien-Yu Chen on Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 05:55:14AM -0600,
> I have a general bootp/dhcp question...
> 
> I know dhcp is a superset of bootp...but if the client sent out a dhcp
> request, can a bootp server reply (or even sees the request)?

Yes.  Bootp can do basic stuff like IP assignment, even for a DHCP
client.  Bootp doesn't have all the new features of DHCP, like IP leases
and proxy servers, etc.

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