On 03/14/2018 01:45 PM, Per Jessen wrote:
Or only it's own and broadcast addresses? The 0.0.0.0 or :: in IPv6
means unknown, while waiting for an address to be assigned. I would have to check/google it, but I have always taken '::' to mean "any ipv6 address".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6_address#Unspecified_address
A DHCP client will do the discovery and initial request to the broadcast address and then to the server's address. At what point does it ever use any other? Why would the server listen on any other? Maybe there is other ancient stuff "out there" that it supports?
At one time, 0.0.0.0 was a broadcast address. https://supportforums.cisco.com/t5/other-network-infrastructure/ip-broadcast... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org