Re: I never thought of this scenario

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 18:36:03 -0500, Grant Taylor wrote:
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On 4/9/24 04:33, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
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If DHCP were routable, you wouldn’t need “relay agents”.

 
DHCP is routable.
 
Not all uses of DHCP are routable.

>
What is the point of adding something to make those non-routable uses
routable, if the protocol is already supposed to be routable?

The purpose of DHCP is to bring a new device in the posession of an IP
address, which is necessary to use IP beyond the local broadcast
domain.

Having used DHCP for about 30 years now, and not being a native
speaker of English, I'm having a hard time to explain that on a novice
level. I apologize for that.

What Grant says in <uv4jd3$mj2$2@tncsrv09.home.tnetconsulting.net> is
probably the best explanation of the thing in this thread.

EOD now from my part.

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