dhcpcd-discuss

From the the dhcpcd man page:


"To enforce that dhcpcd only responds to DHCP servers and not BOOTP servers, you can require dhcp_message_type."



A test of the bootp server bootpd shows that the above does not work. Bootpd returns DHCP Message Type (53) - Offer. Perhaps this is a problem with bootpd?



Nonetheless, I would like to separate DHCP and BOOTP from the client perspective.



1.  To have dhcpcd accept an offer/ack only from a dhcp server, I can require option 51 (lease time). While this is perhaps not perfect, it works by rejecting the bootp offer because there is no lease time.

2.  I am unable to make dhcpcd work *only* with a bootp server (ignore dhcp offers, but accept those from a bootp server). Any suggestions?



Thanks,



Todd