dhcpd ACKing wrong network.

Bruce Hudson Bruce.Hudson at Dal.Ca
Fri Nov 23 19:16:36 UTC 2007


> If the server knows that 192.168 is not part of its network and NAK'd the
> REQUEST, why did it ACK the INFORM? Any way to prevent it?

    At least as of version 3.0.5, the server does not actually look at the
client's IP address to determine if the subnet is known or not; or to look
up what information should be sent in reply. It uses the address of the
relay agent. 
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