[X-Unix] How to find your DHCP server...

[William H. Magill]

On 16 Sep, 2004, at 20:37, Juan Manuel Palacios wrote:

>> It does "fail silently," and $? will yield a "1" ... the program DID 
>> complete successfully, it just had nothing to say about the 
>> interface.
>
> 	OK, not my taste of "feedback" but ok, fair enough...

Not feeback ... that is the way Unix programs have been written since 
time immemorial!
(And yes, it is very annoying.)

> 	Still, I can't get anything out of ipconfig, and still haven't had 
> the chance to ask my Darwin friends, maybe will tonight. In any case, 
> thanks for your reply! Regards,...

"getpacket" will only work if you are talking to a DHCP server 
directly. ...
or at least it does when the DCHP server is really a NAT server and is 
an AEBS.

It "should" work with any DHCP server, but since it's a Microsoft 
invention, and not standard IP, it might be that the AEBS is gimmicked 
to respond to it. I don't know.

T.T.F.N.
William H. Magill
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