dhcpcd-discuss

Re: Selecting a "better" offer from two DHCP servers

Roy Marples

Wed May 04 14:04:41 2016

On 04/05/2016 14:38, Bernd May wrote:
> Hmm,
> 
> if I understand section 17.1.3 of RFC 3315 correctly, this should be
> possible to express simply as a preference for option in an
> advertisement. Depending on the time the DHCP-Server takes, it would
> have to arrive inside the time of the first collection interval, i.e.
> one second according to the rfc, if the other server is sending its
> advertisement also and arrive before all other advertisements in the
> case where no advertisements where received in the first intervall.
> 
> An alternative might be to use the preference option though this would
> not resolve the problem if two or more servers were using the same
> preference value.

That is for DHCPv6, not DHCPv4 :)
Sadly, dhcpcd does not implement that option yet.

Roy

Follow-Ups:
Re: Selecting a "better" offer from two DHCP serversShahid Mahmood
References:
Selecting a "better" offer from two DHCP serversShahid Mahmood
Re: Selecting a "better" offer from two DHCP serversBernd May
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