[U-Boot-Users] DHCP Problem with Windows 2000 DHCP Server

[Stefan Roese]

Hi!

We discovered a problem with the U-Boot DHCP client using the Windows 2000
DHCP Server. We have to use the Windows 2000 DHCP Server upon customer
request!

The problem occurs when the IP-address of the DHCP-server is not equal to
the IP-address of the TFTP-server. In the REQUEST-packet (client->server),
the client uses the IP-address from the bootp-header (bp->siaddr - IP
address of next bootstrap server) in the ServerID option (#54). This seems
to be wrong (the Windows 2000 server doesn't respond with an ACK-packet)!
The client has to use the IP-address sent by the server in the ServerID
option from the OFFER-packet (server->client).

Please find attached a patch with our changes. This code runs without
problems against the Windows 2000 DHCP-server and the Linux (Suse 8.0)
DHCP-server.

Any comments/remarks? Anybody against commiting?

Best regards,
Stefan Roese

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