[BusyBox] udhcpc and ARP?

[Russ Dill]

On Tue, 2003-08-12 at 03:54, Steven Scholz wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> the RFC2131 (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2131.html) states
> 
>    5. The client receives the DHCPACK message with configuration
>       parameters.  The client SHOULD perform a final check on the
>       parameters (e.g., ARP for allocated network address)...
> 
> Is it correct that UDHCPC does _not_ perform such a "final check"
> using ARP?
> 
> I can't see any ARP request after an IP is assigned to my device!

nope, it doesn't, key word here being should.

-- 
Russ Dill <Russ.Dill at asu.edu>