[TAG] LG 127 Wifi

[Breen Mullins]

On Fri, Aug 11, 2006 at 11:06:26PM -0400, Benjamin A. Okopnik wrote:
> > Port 67 firewalled?
> 
> [blink] It's a good thought - I'll admit that I missed considering that
> perspective - but I think not.
> 
> ``
> ben at Fenrir:~$ grep '\<67/' /etc/services
> bootps          67/tcp                          # BOOTP server
> bootps          67/udp
> ''
> 
> If the querent was trying to boot his machine via BOOTP (i.e., if it was
> a thin client or something like that), I'd agree that it would be a
> show stopper. As it is, it's worth checking out of curiosity, but I
> can't see it preventing DHCP negotiation.

DHCP is a superset of BOOTP and uses the same port...

Breen
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Breen Mullins
Menlo Park, California