[TAG] LG 127 Wifi

[Benjamin A. Okopnik]

On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 10:41:01AM -0700, Breen Mullins wrote:
> 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...

Ahh... I knew the first part of that, didn't know the second.

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