Do you think network DHCP implementation suck?

[freqmax]

I find the current DHCP implementation configuration files a pain to deal with. The protocol also seem a bit more complex than the requirement. Sometimes I had the thought that writing a new DHCP server is easier than to write the configuration file..

The only catch being that current PXE stuff assumes DHCP. But anyway for some cases it might just be useful to write a small network service that upon request "MAC 11:22:33:44:55:66 wants config" responds with "IP 1.2.3.4 mask 0xff000000". Plain and simple.

Any thoughts?

[freqmax]

Ie the DHCP client must do "If this network is different then request new DHCP configuration" ..?

Ie ask for network identification, compare, if different - then reset config and request new from DHCP server.