DHCP Message Format
Slightly modified version of BOOTP message ? A DHCP server can be programmed to answer BOOTP requests
BOOTP's Unused field renamed to Flags
Only one bit of 16-bit Flags has been defined
- Left-most flag bit =1 ? Servers, please reply using IP broadcast address
- Servers by default send hardware unicast response
Vendor specific field renamed to options
- Size increased to 312 bytes (from 64 bytes)
- Option type 53 specifies the "type of the message"