[syslinux] tftpd and broadcast

[Geert Stappers]

On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 03:43:20PM +0100, Geert Stappers wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2006 at 07:49:33AM +0100, Radek Vokál wrote:
> > Why tftpd doesn't support request from clients trying to tftp to the 
> > broadcast address? Will this feature ever appear in tftpd? Or is there 
> > any workaround for serving broadcast requests?
> 
> [ rant ]
> 
> There are TFTP server that do answer "broadcasting" clients,
> but that doesn't help tftpd-hpa (afterall we are on the tftpd-hpa ML ).
> 
> Early versions of DHCP programms were needing the IP-address
> 255.255.255.255. (I don't remember which side (server or clientsss))
> 
> I suggest to setup the TFTP server with that broadcast address,
> to find out if does help to serve the screaming TFTP clients.

No need for that suggeted workaround.

I can confirm that version 0.42 of the HPA tftp daemon
does reply to broadcasts.


Cheers
Geert Stappers