From: Ted Lemon <source@isc.org>
Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 07:42:21 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Document Linux 2.1.x bootp agent screw
X-Git-Tag: DHCP-971202~5
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=6da19769269f5d2edaeb990dd779971eb975d40d;p=thirdparty%2Fdhcp.git

Document Linux 2.1.x bootp agent screw
---

diff --git a/README b/README
index b37943492..5cab3e373 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ programming or debugging on your own to get the DHCP Distribution working.
 
 				LINUX
 
-There are two big LINUX issues: the all-ones broadcast address, and
-operations with more than one  network interface.
+There are three big LINUX issues: the all-ones broadcast address,
+Linux 2.1 ip_bootp_agent enabling, and operations with more than one
+network interface.
 
                               BROADCAST
 
@@ -97,6 +98,14 @@ Another route that has worked for some users is:
 If you are not using eth0 as your network interface, you should
 specify the network interface you *are* using in your route command.
 
+			    IP BOOTP AGENT
+
+Some versions of the Linux 2.1 kernel apparently prevent dhcpd from
+working unless you enable it by doing the following:
+
+	      echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_bootp_agent
+
+
                         MULTIPLE INTERFACES
 
 Most older versions of the Linux kernel do not provide a networking