Re: I never thought of this scenario

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

On Sun, 14 Apr 2024 20:15:32 -0500, Grant Taylor wrote:
>

.. when a DHCP client /renews/ it's lease,
it has a valid IP address and can use that to talk to the DHCP server on
a remote subnet using standard DHCP protocol.

>
Why would it need to? The DHCP server is on the same subnet, otherwise the
client could not have got that address in the first place.

For the unmpteenth time: You don't know enough about DHCP to be a
member of a fruitful discussion about that protocol.

The fact that YOUR DHCP server is on the same subnet of your
residential one-subnet setup does NOT mean that this is the case for
all DHCP deployments.

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