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DHCP Problems - Thanks & Another question
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Neil Thompson)
Tue Jun 20 07:24:25 1995
Date: Tue, 20 Jun 1995 11:46:42 +0200 (GMT+0200)
From: Neil Thompson <neilt@spl.co.za>
Reply-To: neilt@spl.co.za
To: linux-net <linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu>
Hi again all,
Firstly thanks to everyone for the help - esp Matt, Alan, and Pauline.
I have DHCP working for WFW machines, but only the ones running TCP/IP
3.11b Beta. My WFW Admin is moaning about having to install the new
TCP/IP on 200+ machines, as well as using a Beta version. I can see his
problem - is there any way the Bootp DHCP can be made to work with TCP/IP
3.11?
Another question which goes a bit bigger than DHCP - we are running a
network whose wiring configuration I have no control over. It's a thick
Ethernet backbone with ethernet packet filters connecting each office to
the backbone - i.e. every machine is connected to the same set of wires,
but ethernet packets are only passed beyond the office LANs if they're
directed to a machine outside the office. I have just had to add a
second class C address to accomodate the number of machines that are
getting put on the net.
I have upgraded my Linux box to 1.2.10, added a second ethernet card,
enabled IP forwarding, and, voila!, everyone on each network is talking to
the other net - great!
BUT - DHCP from the new network won't work, and WFW shares can't be browsed
across the networks. I believe this is caused by broadcasts not being
passed across the router (I could be wrong).
Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
Neil
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