Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!news1.tnib.de!feed.news.tnib.de!news.tnib.de!.POSTED.torres.zugschlus.de!not-for-mail From: Marc Haber Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: I never thought of this scenario Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 11:09:33 +0200 Organization: private site, see http://www.zugschlus.de/ for details Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Thu, 25 Apr 2024 09:09:33 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news1.tnib.de; posting-host="torres.zugschlus.de:81.169.166.32"; logging-data="1526122"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@tnib.de" X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Bytes: 2207 Lines: 19 Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: >On Sat, 20 Apr 2024 08:15:34 +0200, Marc Haber wrote: > >> There surely is other documentation available ... > >There may or may not be other explanatory documentation, which may be more >or less accurate, doesn’t change the fact that the RFC is the official >spec. I just wanted to help you to educate yourself about the protocol. I am sufficiently familiar with the protocol to not need a communications diagram and I am not aware whether the RFC even contains one, so I was just encouraging you to look for one as this might help you to clear up your misunderstandings about DHCP. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Marc Haber | " Questions are the | Mailadresse im Header Rhein-Neckar, DE | Beginning of Wisdom " | Nordisch by Nature | Lt. Worf, TNG "Rightful Heir" | Fon: *49 6224 1600402