Merge pull request #21 from mehlis/fix-nak-by-doing-valid-reply

[project/odhcpd.git] / src / dhcpv4.c

diff --git a/src/dhcpv4.c b/src/dhcpv4.c
index 7b200cd..d978da8 100644 (file)
--- a/src/dhcpv4.c
+++ b/src/dhcpv4.c
@@ -334,7 +334,16 @@ static void handle_dhcpv4(void *addr, void *data, size_t len,
        } else if (reqmsg == DHCPV4_MSG_REQUEST && reqaddr.s_addr &&
                        reqaddr.s_addr != htonl(lease->addr)) {
                msg = DHCPV4_MSG_NAK;
-               lease = NULL;
+               /*
+                * DHCP client requested an IP which we can't offer to him. Probably the
+                * client changed the network. The reply type is set to DHCPV4_MSG_NAK,
+                * because the client should not use that IP.
+                *
+                * For modern devices we build an answer that includes a valid IP, like
+                * a DHCPV4_MSG_ACK. The client will use that IP and doesn't need to
+                * perform additional DHCP round trips.
+                *
+                */
        }
 
        if (reqmsg == DHCPV4_MSG_DECLINE || reqmsg == DHCPV4_MSG_RELEASE)