mark@badger.dosli.govt.nz (Mark Wright) (11/16/90)
We have a network of diskless PCs that boot from a server running novell. On the same ethernet we have a tcp-ip network of unix workstations. I am currently in the process of installing NCSA telnet over the Clarkson packet drivers on these PCs. I want the PCs to get their IP address from a server when they boot. I would like the addresses to be assigned by the server as they are needed - e.g. a PC may not always get the same IP address, rather it is allocated from a "pool" of addresses upon request. I seem to recall reading of software to do this - can anyone point me in the right direction? What are the drawbacks of this approach? We have more PCs then I would like to configure RARP to handle, so I think it IS preferable. If I have to use RARP, can ultrix 3.1 ARP handle RARP requests - I can't find any reference to it in TFM. All pointers gratefully received. -- Mark Wright. Dept. of Survey and Land Information,NZ. email: mark@dosli.govt.nz phone: 64 4 710-380 ext 8688