Reply to remote unicast DHCP requests
Paúl Ortiz Imedio
portizimedio at yahoo.es
Tue May 3 10:17:01 UTC 2011
I am trying to figure out the behaviour of the DHCP server when replying to
unicast DHCP Requests from clients at remote subnets (RENEWING state). At
that moment, no DHCP Relay is being used.
I have looked for the subject in previous posts related to this topic and in
the source code too, but I have not found it coherent.
Let me copy a comment from the code at dhcprequest( ):
If ciaddr was specified and Requested Address was not, then
we really only know for sure what network a packet came from
if it came through a BOOTP gateway - if it came through an
IP router, we'll just have to assume that it's cool.
The comment continues, but I understand that this paragraph is not
contradicted.
It is said that the ciaddr will be assumed to be ok if there is no giaddr (it
comes from an IP router). However, after the comments it is required that
"packet -> shared_network" is not null to answer with a DHCPACK. I am not
using advanced options such as link-selection or subnet-selection, and giaddr
is empty, so in locate_network( ) it is assigned (when possible):
packet -> shared_network = packet -> interface -> shared_network
The interface at which my server is receiving the DHCPREQUEST does not belong
to any shared_network, so packet -> shared_network is null and the unicast
packet is not being answered with the DHCPACK I am waiting. The client has to
enter REBINDING state to extend its lease.
Am I missing something?
Regards,
Paul
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