FALL BACK interface

Shane Kerr Shane_Kerr at isc.org
Thu Jan 4 13:39:27 UTC 2007


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Prakash B Shet wrote:
> Hi list,
> i am working with ISC DHCP-3.0.3 and confusing with fallback interface in
> dhcp server. Why dhcp server needs to be listen on this. How does it affect
> if i comment this code (i.e opening and registering fallback socket).
> I am talking about the following message from the dhcp server.
> "Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net".
> Please extend your help on this.

The fallback interface lets the server send from a real IP address. The packet
interface (LPF, BPF, and so on, depending on your operating system) sends from
all-zeros.

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Shane
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