BOOTP features (contd)
Advantages of using UDP/IP:
- Bootstrapping can occur across a router via a relaying mechanism
- BOOTP uses checksum provided by UDP
Multiple requests/replies
- Process the first one
- Client uses a transaction ID field to sort out replies
Clients responsible for reliability =>
- Uses timeout, retransmission & exponential backoff
- Random initial timeout (betn 0 & 4s): simultaneous reboot after power restoration.