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Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!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 <mh+usenetspam1118@zugschl.us> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: I never thought of this scenario Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 09:22:28 +0200 Organization: private site, see http://www.zugschlus.de/ for details Message-ID: <v07njl$1058q$1@news1.tnib.de> References: <uvhtft$3th0n$6@dont-email.me> <uvhv0m$kq3$1@tncsrv09.home.tnetconsulting.net> <uvs61u$2g9b9$5@dont-email.me> <uvsv4f$3cvv$1@news1.tnib.de> <uvv1qf$392q8$2@dont-email.me> <uvve26$3f4ea$1@dont-email.me> <wwvh6fwxy7q.fsf@LkoBDZeT.terraraq.uk> <v0108c$3q01h$1@dont-email.me> <v0111s$3q1fd$1@dont-email.me> <v013pv$3qmkf$1@dont-email.me> <v014gp$3qp0c$1@dont-email.me> <v017q3$td0$4@tncsrv09.home.tnetconsulting.net> <v02ona$894n$1@dont-email.me> <v07062$17r2v$4@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 07:22:29 -0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: news1.tnib.de; posting-host="torres.zugschlus.de:81.169.166.32"; logging-data="1053978"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@tnib.de" X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Bytes: 2591 Lines: 27 Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote: >On Sun, 21 Apr 2024 11:10:49 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> Calling this action a 'relay agent' makes it all into something it is >> not - a separate addition to routers in general. DHCP can be and is >> routed by routers. > >Not without these separate “relay agents”, as even those who try to keep >insisting that “DHCP is routable” have already admitted. You should not only read what we explain, you should also at least try to understand. Or, maybe, bother to read a packet trace. >But that requires a properly configured layer 3 in order to work. And that >is what DHCP provides. Therefore, since DHCP’s function is to set up layer >3 in the first place (without the requirement for individual node >configuration), it cannot rely on the existence of a fully-functioning >layer 3 to begin with. Therefore it cannot be routed. QED. Exercise: Outline how a host renews its lease. Greetings Marc -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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