just to know, do you use this ? http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/dhcp_rel.php Bye, Jérôme > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Enderson" <DEnderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <openbeosnetteam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2004 11:56 PM > Subject: [openbeosnetteam] DHCP Status + Help Needed > > > > Networking Team, > > > > I'm into my second week of unpaid vacation and have spent part of the > > time working on the Haiku DHCP implementation as promised. I've got a > > nearly complete understanding of the RFC and I've enough of the client > > together for some test messages with a DHCP server. > > > > (This is where the "Help Needed" part comes in) > > > > What I'm lacking is the ability to broadcast a UDP packet. I have > > googled for numerous examples and have been thoroughly frustrated. I > > think I can send a UDP packet, but I can't get broadcast to work. I > > implemented a working sockets implementation for an open source game a > > while back, so I think I can do this, I just need the...rosetta > > stone...if you will for UDP. > > > > Can anyone point me towards excellent, simple, and COMPILEABLE examples? > > I would greatly appreciate it! The "compileable" rant there was aimed > > at many websites, not you guys. I found so many nice looking examples > > that wouldn't compile. I'm compiling my code right now on my Linux box > > since it has VI syntax highlighting and more complete networking calls. > > Once I get it working on there I'll make the code portable. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks. I'm not posting any of my > > troublesome UDP code because I really don't know what I'm doing. I just > > need to be pointed towards good, clean, working examples. > > > > Thanks, > > David > > > > >