[systemd-devel] [PATCH] sd-dhcp-client: Sets broadcast flag to 1

[Patrik Flykt]

On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 17:42 +0100, Tom Gundersen wrote:
> > Actually, I have had recent reports from users that there seems to
> exist
> > a category of networking devices
> 
> Do you have any more info on this by any chance? Any way we may
> classify these devices in a robust way?

Unfortunately it was discussed on #connman, so it didn't end up
archived. But in the discussion it was pointed out that the issue was
the same as described on the ConnMan mailing list in 2013[1]. From that
it seems the network boxes are pretty hard to classify, they either let
unicast packets through as replies to broadcast ones or then they don't.
So still in 2014 there is this not so nice behavior from an unknown set
of network devices.


Cheers,

	Patrik

[1]
https://lists.connman.net/pipermail/connman/2013-February/012891.html