[3761] in linux-net channel archive
Re: DHCP (Was: Is there such a program available for Linux?)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael D. Bray)
Fri Jul 19 20:51:12 1996
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 1996 18:13:36 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Michael D. Bray" <lin@oir.ucf.edu>
To: Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>
cc: Jason Phuah Oon Leong <jphuah@kes.com.my>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.89.9607171705.F100457-0100000@werner.exp-math.uni-essen.de>
I found a bootp/DHCP responder, but for some reason I haven't tried the
DHCP side of it yet... I guess I just didn't get around to it. Anyway,
here is a clip from a few of the README files.
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On Wed, 17 Jul 1996, Michael Weller wrote:
> 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.)
>
>
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