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   XPost: comp.arch.embedded, sci.electronics.design   
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   "David Schwartz"  wrote in message   
   news:ec062dee-e5d8-49f2-8ca1-7cd02a7b54e7@u15g2000prd.googlegroups.com...   
   On Mar 26, 11:25 am, "markp"  wrote:   
      
   >>  That is what I was going to suggest. Just regularly send your aquired   
   >>  address via a UDP broadcast packet (say once a second), the bandwidth   
   >> that   
   >>  would use is very low.   
      
   > Please don't do that. Instead, listen on a UDP broadcast port for a   
   > UDP broadcast query. You can reply to that query either broadcast or   
   > unicast (just to the querier).   
      
   > DS   
      
   Of course, had a bit of a mind freeze there. That's a much more sensible way   
   of doing it. You still have the question of how often to update the info   
   because the DHCP server could potentially re-allocate addresses, but with   
   your enquiry approach an update could be done on demand when needed.   
      
   Mark.   
      
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