Re: "ifconfig inet 0" vs. DHCP

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 11 Aug 1998 16:17:27 +0100 (BST)

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> It is? According to my TCP/IP protocols book, a DHCP client is suppose to
> set the ip address to 0.0.0.0 before broadcasting the request for an

A DHCP client sends packets with address 0.0.0.0. Thats not the same as
sitting on the imaginary address 0.0.0.0 as regards things like routing,
icmp replies etc

Alan

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