Networking question

[Smoot Carl-Mitchell]

On Wed, 2008-10-15 at 19:45 -0400, Rashkae wrote:

> Why the network would be set up this way is a mystery..  Apparently
> windows itself doesn't even support static routes to hosts in it's DHCP
> client.  And it's a pain in the ass because the DHCP spec doesn't even
> support stateless subnets for this purpose.  (You can't specify a
> netmask range, you have to provide a gateway for each host, even if it's
> the same gateway)

Yes, the DHCP spec is pretty weak for delivering static routes.  A
better way to handle this is to have the default router send ICMP route
redirects to the clients.
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Smoot Carl-Mitchell
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