Re: [pydhcplib] question regarding GetNextDhcpPacket()

[Mathieu Ignacio <mignacio@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Reza,


I see your message only today. This client example is not a full dhcp 
client, but only a dhcp client packet handler : it does not have any dhcp 
client behaviour, it's only a listener.


On 22/11/2011 22:20, reza adinata wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I am trying to use dhquery tool that uses pydhcplib for test stress.
> Tried to send a dhcp REQUEST to a dhcp server, however I do not see
> any trace of dhcp request message in wireshark. I tried to trace the
> code, it stops basically in the line of
>
> client.GetNextDhcpPacket()
>
> Likewise, in the client of pydhcplib example (
> http://pydhcplib.tuxfamily.org/pmwiki/index.php?n=Site.ClientExample
> ), I read that it does the same to "while True :
>      client.GetNextDhcpPacket()"
>
> what does this GetNextDhcpPacket() method actually do? Why is it stuck
> in the method as if it is waiting for the response? I just need to
> basically do a simple DHCP request first, and need to make sure it
> shows in the trace..
>
>
> Thank you all


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