[231] in Resnet-Forum
Re: Boot-P Servers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mike!)
Wed Apr 13 12:48:25 1994
To: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
From: Mike.W.Miller.40@nd.edu (Mike!)
Date: Wed, 13 Apr 1994 11:25:54 -0500
>Penn has been using a locally-developed BOOTP server since last summer to
>assign IP addresses in our ResNet buildings (currently 5, with 11 more to
>be wired over the next several years). Our BOOTP behaves this way:
>* Each Mac or PC that is connected to the building ethernet is assigned an
> IP address for that building (subnet); UNIX boxes assigned manually
>* Whenever the machine is conected anywhere in the building (roommate's
> jack, jack in living room of suite, jack in lounge, etc.) the same
> IP address is assigned
>* If machine is moved to another building (subnet), a different IP address
> is assigned. This is to accommodate laptops, primarily.
>* All addresses will be erased sometime this summer (since comparatively
> few students stay in same building, and almost none -- we hope -- need
> to keep the same IP address).
What about students who are running services dependant on a stable IP
address? The most acceptable example I can think of would be a WWW or
Gopher server. There are certainly less legitimate but no less likely
examples of where a student would want a guaranteed unchanging IP
address...
Mike!
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