#4717 NORM Never A: OFW should prefer DHCP responses from school server

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Wed Nov 7 12:45:16 EST 2007


#4717: OFW should prefer DHCP responses from school server
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 Reporter:  wmb at firmworks.com  |       Owner:  jg            
     Type:  defect             |      Status:  new           
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:  Never Assigned
Component:  distro             |     Version:                
 Keywords:                     |    Verified:  0             
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 Currently, OFW accepts the first DHCP reply that it receives.  It would be
 better to filter the replies, preferring ones from the school server.

 In many cases, however, this will be moot, because the SS, being directly
 connected to the mesh access point, will be very likely to respond first.

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Ticket URL: <http://dev.laptop.org/ticket/4717>
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