TCP/IP and Data Communications Administration Guide

Some Clients Do Not Boot From DHCP Server in BOOTP Compatability Mode

Problem

The DHCP daemon is running in BOOTP compatibility mode (-b option).

Verification: BOOTP does not use a lease time. The DHCP server looks for free addresses with the BOOTP flag set to allocate the BOOTP clients.

Solution: Allocate BOOTP addresses. Use dhcpconfig to change the daemon options.