[3745] in linux-net channel archive
Re: DHCP (Was: Is there such a program available for Linux?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Weller)
Thu Jul 18 12:09:33 1996
Date: Wed, 17 Jul 1996 17:12:49 +0200 (MSZ)
From: Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>
To: Jason Phuah Oon Leong <jphuah@kes.com.my>
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <31EC7A62.3768@kes.com.my>
On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Jason Phuah Oon Leong wrote:
> Hell everyone,
>
> I'm currently having an NT351 server dish out ip addresses to our company's internal network via NT's built in
> DHCP Server application. I've successfully gotten Linux 1.2.13 up and running with Samba to share disc space.
> So I'm hoping to "pull the plug" on the NT Server. My only problem now is that I've no way to automatically
> lease ip addresses to my internal workstations; mostly running Windows For Workgroup 3.11.
>
> Is there a DHCP Server available for Linux? If so, please let me know where. Many thanks in advance.
I always want to write that: MEE TOO!
Actually, for a friend of mine located in a business environment I've similar
needs. Of course, the Unix solution would be to run bootp on a linux/unix
server and hardcode a hardware address ip mapping there (at a single
point in your net). Linux machines could boot and I heard even of boot proms
that allow a full network boot of linux using bootp and tftp (and more).
However, this yields to the opposite problem: Is there a a bootp client for
DOS and/or Windows (and/or NT). A simple standalone tool that broadcasts
it requests in the net and returns the ip address found in a manner to be
used in a kind of script would serve my needs perfectly.
So, I'd like to hear about any answers on that topic too (be it DHCP for
linux or bootp for DOS/WIN/etc).
Regards,
Michael.
(eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de or eowmob@pollux.exp-math.uni-essen.de
Please do not use my vm or de0hrz1a accounts anymore. In case of real
problems reaching me try mat42b@spi.power.uni-essen.de instead.)
