dissecting DHCP - Q4

[Bruce Hudson]

> Does anyone know by chance where this info could be found on Mac OS X?  
> Just asking out of curiosity, but it might also be handy for  
> troubleshooting, and I couldnt' find it; at least it's not in /var/db/ 
> dhcpclient/leases.

    If it in the location above, but you have to work for it. The lease
file stores a copy of the ACK packet (Base 64 encoded) in the "PacketData"
field. You would have to decode that, then find the "Server Identifier"
option, and extract the IP.
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