[244] in Resnet-Forum
Re: Boot-P Servers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dan Updegrove)
Mon Apr 18 00:25:48 1994
To: resnet-forum@MIT.EDU
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 1994 00:05:25 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <9404131626.AA24962@MIT.EDU> from "Mike!" at Apr 13, 94 11:25:54 am
From: danu@dccs.upenn.edu (Dan Updegrove)
> >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!
>
Mike,
If I understand your question, you ask if our students would need (like) a
guaranteed IP address from one academic year to the next.
We don't have many students running servers this year from their wired
residences, although I expect to see a dramatic increase next year. We're
in the process of surveying and debriefing this year's residents, so we'll
know more in a few weeks.
Dan
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