Friday, 10 August 2012

Is a DHCP client "supposed to" be able to use a BOOTP server? | DHCP

The RFC on such interoperability (1534) is clear: "A DHCP client MAY use a reply from a BOOTP server if the configuration returned from the BOOTP server is acceptable to the DHCP client." (section 3). The word "MAY" indicates such support, however useful, is left as an option.

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