To:
Kenneth Porter <shiva@sewingwitch.com>
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dnsop@cafax.se
From:
Ed Warnicke <eaw@cisco.com>
Date:
Thu, 27 Feb 2003 16:01:03 -0500
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Subject:
Re: Request for review of DNS related draft
For configuring endpoints I would agree that DHCP would perform this task more effectively. But DHCP will not allow a device which is not the endpoint ( or the DHCP server ) to discover the network which contains an IP address and the first hop gateway(s) which service that network. Ed Kenneth Porter wrote: >--On Thursday, February 27, 2003 12:56 PM -0500 Ed Warnicke <eaw@cisco.com> >wrote: > > > >>I have published a draft defining a method for using DNS given >>an IP address to resolve the subnet that contains that IP address, >>the netmask of that network, and the gateway(s) on that network. >> >> > >I'm curious to know why one would use this instead of DHCP, which is also >commonly provided in routers. >#---------------------------------------------------------------------- ># To unsubscribe, send a message to <dnsop-request@cafax.se>. > > #---------------------------------------------------------------------- # To unsubscribe, send a message to <dnsop-request@cafax.se>.