Rapid DHCP: Or, how do Macs get on the network so fast? (cafbit.com)
recommended by 2 users | 2011 | 354 points by timdoug | networking | original thread |
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sounds Oct 9, 2013 | on: Experiment in booting Linux fast | context

Apple "cheats" on that regard, getting your wifi back up after sleep.

http://cafbit.com/entry/rapid_dhcp_or_how_do

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2755461 <-- good discussion

mappu Jul 26, 2017 | on: Rapid DHCP: Or, how do Macs get on the network so fast?… | context

Previous comments are interesting: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2755461

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