Subject: Re: [dhcwg] draft-lemon-dhc-inventory-00

From: "Simon Hobson" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:06:38 +0100

Sten Carlsen wrote:
> One other implication of this is that there must be a closer
> connection between the inventory system and DHCP-server(s).

Indeed, and this has been "well discussed" before - I'm sure you'll remember it over on the DHCP-Users list (as part of a larger discussion). It's a consequence of using an identifier that probably isn't known before powering up the device, and would be the same for a device where the MAC address wasn't externally identified when using IPv4.