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Guy Avraham
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When I look at the protocol, I see that DHCPDHCP Request and Acknowledgement are both broadcast in the link layer. However at that point, both sides actually know each other's MACMAC addresses. Why do they not unicast the messages if so?

When I look at the protocol, I see that DHCP Request and Acknowledgement are both broadcast in the link layer. However at that point, both sides actually know each other's MAC addresses. Why do they not unicast the messages?

When I look at the protocol, I see that DHCP Request and Acknowledgement are both broadcast in the link layer. However at that point, both sides actually know each other's MAC addresses. Why do they not unicast the messages if so?

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Why are DHCP ACK and REQ messages broadcastedbroadcast in Link Layer?

When I look at the protocol, I see that DHCP Request and Acknowledgement are both broadcastedbroadcast in the link layer. However at that point, both sides actually know each other's MAC addresses. Why do they not unicast the messages?

Why are DHCP ACK and REQ messages broadcasted in Link Layer?

When I look at the protocol, I see that DHCP Request and Acknowledgement are both broadcasted in the link layer. However at that point, both sides actually know each other's MAC addresses. Why do they not unicast the messages?

Why are DHCP ACK and REQ messages broadcast in Link Layer?

When I look at the protocol, I see that DHCP Request and Acknowledgement are both broadcast in the link layer. However at that point, both sides actually know each other's MAC addresses. Why do they not unicast the messages?

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Why are DHCP ACK and REQ messages broadcasted in Link Layer?

When I look at the protocol, I see that DHCP Request and Acknowledgement are both broadcasted in the link layer. However at that point, both sides actually know each other's MAC addresses. Why do they not unicast the messages?