[openbeosnetteam] DHCP Status
- From: "David Enderson" <DEnderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <openbeosnetteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 11:35:47 -0500
Team,
I worked on the DHCP client a lot more during the weekend. I almost
have the final part of the initial conversation implemented (the
DHCPREQUEST and DHCPACK/DHCPNAK reply handling). This project has been
a lot of fun...MUCH better than what I have to do at work! :-)
I smiled to hear you guys say that the DHCP client is simple. I know it
is simple as compared with implementing or porting the entire networking
stack, but I think the DHCP client has its own share of complexity. The
RFC (RFC 2131) is 43 pages long and contains quite a few "may" and
"should" options for both client and server along with contingencies for
each.
I'm doing well at understanding them. A lot of my work last night
involved learning a lot more of the contingencies and handling them or
dropping in comments to remind myself to handle them. After I get
everything working I'll go through the RFC carefully another time or two
to make sure I get every detail. I really want to do this right.
Once I get my current bug worked out, I'll post the new batch of source.
My goal is to do that by the end of the week.
--David
BTW, I'm happy to implement the final client in C or C++, whichever you
guys think is best.
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