O quadro a seguir mostra um trecho de captura de monitor de rede contendo a parte IP de um pacote DHCPDISCOVER:
IP: ID = 0x0; Proto = UDP; Len: 328
IP: Version = 4 (0x4)
IP: Header Length = 20 (0x14)
IP: Service Type = 0 (0x0)
IP: Precedence = Routine
IP: ...0.... = Normal Delay
IP: ....0... = Normal Throughput
IP: .....0.. = Normal Reliability
IP: Total Length = 328 (0x148)
IP: Identification = 0 (0x0)
IP: Flags Summary = 0 (0x0)
IP: .......0 = Last fragment in datagram
IP: ......0. = May fragment datagram if necessary
IP: Fragment Offset = 0 (0x0) bytes
IP: Time to Live = 128 (0x80)
IP: Protocol = UDP - User Datagram
IP: Checksum = 0x39A6
IP: Source Address = 0.0.0.0
IP: Destination Address = 255.255.255.255
IP: Data: Number of data bytes remaining = 308 (0x0134)
Analisando este pacote, podemos afirmar que ele é do tipo:
