[Dnsmasq-discuss] what is [Discover, Offer...] called?

[Geert Stappers]

On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 04:33:03PM -0800, Eric Fahlgren wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 28, 2023 at 3:53 PM Carl Karsten <carl at nextdayvideo.com> wrote:
> 
> > In an effort to name variables and have understandable conversations,
> > I don't know what these things are called:
> >
> >  82 #define DHCPDISCOVER             1
> >  83 #define DHCPOFFER                2
> >  84 #define DHCPREQUEST              3
> >  85 #define DHCPDECLINE              4
> >  86 #define DHCPACK                  5
> >  87 #define DHCPNAK                  6
> >  88 #define DHCPRELEASE              7
> >  89 #define DHCPINFORM               8
> >
> >
> > https://thekelleys.org.uk/gitweb/?p=dnsmasq.git;a=blob;f=src/dhcp-protocol.h#l82
> >
> > Operator?  Type?  Step?
> >
> 
> Those are the DHCP Message Types defined in RFC 2132, see section 9.6 on
> page 26:
> 
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2132.html

https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2132.html#page-27
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol#DHCP_message_types

And programmers call them "defines".


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Geert Stappers
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