Re: [ros-dev] Annotations to dhcpd

[Steven Edwards]

Hi Eric,

--- Eric Kohl <eric.kohl(a)t-online.de> wrote:
>   Why do we have to add these useless files, like shell
> scripts,
>  makefile.am,
>  makefile.in, etc. to the CVS tree if we want to make dhcpd a real
>  service?
>  The source code will loose its portability anyway. And why keep this
>  rather
>  complex directory structure for such a simple utility? 
Your right I can correct this.

>   Btw, the dhcp server looks like a hack to me. It is
> leaking lots of
>  memory
>  because there is not a single call to free() in the source and the
>  dhcp
>  options handling it pretty crude. And it doesn't seem to work with a
>  Win2K
>  client. 
I tested with my IP phone and it seemed to work. Its possible my phone
fell back to cached address or something.

>   I'd suggest to use the Moreton dhcp server
> (dhcp-win-0.8.25.tar)
>  instead. It
>  has got a much better internal structure and it works properly. I ran
>  it on
>  Win98SE and tested it with a Win2K client. The only disadvantage of
>  the
>  Moreton server is that it uses a binary config file. 
Can you point me to the source code? I was not able to find it online.

Thanks
Steven



		
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