Re: I never thought of this scenario

On Wed, 10 Apr 2024, Tauno Voipio wrote:

On 10.4.2024 10.05, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:

On Tue, 9 Apr 2024 18:36:03 -0500, Grant Taylor wrote:
 

On 4/9/24 04:33, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
 

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?

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This discussion is in a loop. To break out, get RFC2131 and read it.
There are plenty of later extensions, findable easily with e.g. Google.

Note that a loop in this context, in itself, is not necessarily a bad thing. It could very well be that the participants enjoy the loop and the rush of pleasant emotions due to being right until the next message arrives. In that context, the RFC would be counter productive to the beautiful dance they are engaged in.