Add an option to assign server/client port in udhcp[cd] ?

[Denys Vlasenko]

On Tuesday 28 August 2007 02:15, Steven Shiau wrote:
> Hi,
> Just noticed that busybox 1.7 is released, and some new functions added
> . IMHO, I'd like to suggest that an option should be added to assign the
> server and client port in udhcp[cd], i.e.
> These two ports
> #define SERVER_PORT     67
> #define CLIENT_PORT     68
> can be assigned when run udhcpc and udhcpd. This is very useful when
> there is an existing dhcp service in the network subnet, and if people
> would like to put another dhcp service with customized port.

I'm surprised that you actually want this, but it shouldn't be a problem.

Currently, letter P is not used yet in both udhcpc and udhcpd.

Introduce new option -P [ip:]port and post patch to this mailing list.
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