Return to BSD News archive
Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!news.uoregon.edu!Symiserver2.symantec.com!news From: tedm@agora.rdrop.com Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: How to setup dynamically server assigned IP's for corporate net Date: 14 Dec 1996 05:28:10 GMT Organization: Symantec Corp. Lines: 23 Message-ID: <58tdta$n2d@Symiserver2.symantec.com> References: <01bbe932$7a4995a0$34d392c0@pelican.hqs.crc.com> Reply-To: tedm@agora.rdrop.com NNTP-Posting-Host: shiva5.central.com X-Newsreader: IBM NewsReader/2 v1.2.5 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:32563 In <01bbe932$7a4995a0$34d392c0@pelican.hqs.crc.com>, "Dan Benjamin" <dpb@kafka.hqs.crc.com> writes: >Hello all, > >I used to work at a site where, as Windows (WFWG and 95) machines booted, >they queried the UNIX server for their IP addresses based on their card's >MAC Address, so that when each machine came online, it got it's >pre-specified IP, etc. etc. etc. > >Does anyone know what's involved in setting this up with a FreeBSD server? >I really appreciate it. > >Pointers in a direction even close to this area would be greatly >appreciated! > How about: http://www.computerbits.com/archive/9605/lan9605.htm There is an article I wrote on how to do this. Have fun. Ted