Look at parts 3.1, 3.2, 4.4 and Fig. 5 of the DHCP protocol. They describe what a client must do on initialization. For example, section 3.2 describes what a cl

Look at parts 3.1, 3.2, 4.4 and Fig. 5 of the DHCP protocol. They describe what a client must do on initialization. For example, section 3.2 describes what a client should do if they have a previously assigned addressed they would like to keep using. It seems to me the behavior here is very precisely defined. Maybe a networking expert can correct me but it seems to me that those initial ARP requests before the DHCP request are not exactly in accordance with the protocol.