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From: cfr@infoborg.dmacc.cc.ia.us (Charles F. Randall)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: DHCP support for FreeBSD?
Date: 8 Feb 1996 08:12:36 -0600
Organization: Des Moines Area Community College
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Matthew Deter <mld@netcom.com> wrote:
>Could someone comment on the current or future availibility of DHCP
>(Dynamic Host Config Protocol) in FreeBSD?
From the DHCP FAQ: (http://web.syr.edu/~jmwobus/comfaqs/dhcp.faq.html)
950711 Patched bootp server supporting DHCP-based "automatic" allocation:
(gives addresses dynamically, but never takes them away)
ftp://ftp.ntplx.net/pub/networking/bootp/bootp-DD2.4.3.tar.gz
I compiled and ran it with no problem under FreeBSD 2.1R.
>We have a Microsoft DHCP server for use with Win95 that I'd also like
>to use with FreeBSD if possible. I'm assuming that Microsoft's
>DHCP conforms to the IETF spec. Does it?
That appears to be a topic of debate. Also from the DHCP FAQ:
A Document that addresses this question is the Windows 95tm
Networking FAQ,
http://www-leland.stanford.edu/~llurch/win95netbugs/faq.html
Look there, under question C.5, " Interoperability with BootP servers".
FYI,
-Randy
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