DHCP request packet in c# – Education Career Blog

hi
how can i send a dhcp request/discovery packet using c# to locate dhcp server any idea or snippet

See the P/Invoke.net – dhcpsapi in windows. There are also docs about the DHCP APIs on windows here.

Grab Wiresharp and the DHCP RFCs

• DHCP on Wikipedia
• Wireshark (packet sniffer)
• RFC2131 – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (RFC 2131)
• RFC2132 – DHCP Options and BOOTP Vendor Extensions (RFC 2132)