[S.u.S.E. Linux] bootp: getting dynamic IP on networked machine
Hi! According to YAST, (in the configure section) if I introduce the word "bootp" in the ifconfig options (that is, the section of YAST that edits the /etc/rc.config file), I will be able to get a dynamic address... How? I have not figured this out yet. Can anybody help? As of now, I have hardwired the IP addresses of all my SUSE machines. However, I am just waiting for the University networking folks to come down with an axe... Help! -- Edgar ------------------------------------------------------- Edgar F. Hilton Rotating Machinery and Controls Laboratory (ROMAC) office: (804) 924-6233 fax: (804) 982-2246 email: efhilton@alum.mit.edu URL: watt.seas.virginia.edu/~efh4v ------------------------------------------------------- - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
At 12:40 PM 7/4/98 -0400, Edgar wrote:
Hi!
According to YAST, (in the configure section) if I introduce the word "bootp" in the ifconfig options (that is, the section of YAST that edits the /etc/rc.config file), I will be able to get a dynamic address... How? I have not figured this out yet. Can anybody help?
As of now, I have hardwired the IP addresses of all my SUSE machines. However, I am just waiting for the University networking folks to come down with an axe... Help!
-- Edgar
You also need another machine on your subnet that is a bootp server for your machine to get it's IP address at boot time. A better/elegant approach is to use DHCP. It provisions more parameters than bootp does. SuSE includes DHCP client but am not sure if the DHCP server is also included. -- Arun Khan - To get out of this list, please send email to majordomo@suse.com with this text in its body: unsubscribe suse-linux-e
Thanks for the info. But, we already have a bootp server in the network (maintained by the university). All I need is to configure the machines in my lab with bootp. Any ideas?
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At 12:40 PM 7/4/98 -0400, Edgar wrote:
Hi!
According to YAST, (in the configure section) if I introduce the word "bootp" in the ifconfig options (that is, the section of YAST that edits the /etc/rc.config file), I will be able to get a dynamic address... How? I have not figured this out yet. Can anybody help?
As of now, I have hardwired the IP addresses of all my SUSE machines. However, I am just waiting for the University networking folks to come down with an axe... Help!
-- Edgar
You also need another machine on your subnet that is a bootp server for your machine to get it's IP address at boot time. A better/elegant approach is to use DHCP. It provisions more parameters than bootp does. SuSE includes DHCP client but am not sure if the DHCP server is also included.
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I also would like to move my SUSE 5.2 box onto my cable modem but I am confused as to setting up DHCP. Any ideas...or any one set up a SUSE box on a Roadrunner cable modem ? Thanks Bruce At 03:52 PM 7/8/98 -0400, you wrote:
Thanks for the info. But, we already have a bootp server in the network (maintained by the university). All I need is to configure the machines in my lab with bootp.
Any ideas?
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At 12:40 PM 7/4/98 -0400, Edgar wrote:
Hi!
According to YAST, (in the configure section) if I introduce the word "bootp" in the ifconfig options (that is, the section of YAST that edits the /etc/rc.config file), I will be able to get a dynamic address... How? I have not figured this out yet. Can anybody help?
As of now, I have hardwired the IP addresses of all my SUSE machines. However, I am just waiting for the University networking folks to come down with an axe... Help!
-- Edgar
You also need another machine on your subnet that is a bootp server for your machine to get it's IP address at boot time. A better/elegant approach is to use DHCP. It provisions more parameters than bootp does. SuSE includes DHCP client but am not sure if the DHCP server is also included.
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-- Edgar ------------------------------------------------------- Edgar F. Hilton Rotating Machinery and Controls Laboratory (ROMAC) office: (804) 924-6233 fax: (804) 982-2246 email: efhilton@alum.mit.edu URL: watt.seas.virginia.edu/~efh4v -------------------------------------------------------
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Bruce, I believe the DHCPCD HOWTO has a specific section on using Roadrunner cable modem. You might want to check that out. On my 5.2 box, I am using the Wave (from Shaw Cable). I first downloaded dhcpcd from sunsite, install it on my machine. Then I used /etc/rc.d/dummy as a base for modification to start and stop dhcpcd at bootup and shutdown, and gave it the name /etc/rc.d/dhcpcd. Then I go into /etc/rc.d/rc2.d and /etc/rc.d/rc3.d , removed the links to dummy from there. After that, using the same K*dummy (where * is the number), and made a corresponding K*dhcpcd which links to /etc/rc.d/dhcpcd . The same thing was done with S*dhcpcd also. After that, I went into /etc/rc.config and made changes to become the following: IPADDR_0="" NETDEV_0="eth0" IFCONFIG_0="" Next, I rebooted the machine and the DHCP client got an IP for my machine! I might be missing some steps here though. But I am quite sure this was what I did. Hope it helps. Regards, C. J. Tan On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Bruce Obenour wrote:
I also would like to move my SUSE 5.2 box onto my cable modem but I am confused as to setting up DHCP.
Any ideas...or any one set up a SUSE box on a Roadrunner cable modem ?
Thanks Bruce
At 03:52 PM 7/8/98 -0400, you wrote:
Thanks for the info. But, we already have a bootp server in the network (maintained by the university). All I need is to configure the machines in my lab with bootp.
Any ideas?
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At 12:40 PM 7/4/98 -0400, Edgar wrote:
Hi!
According to YAST, (in the configure section) if I introduce the word "bootp" in the ifconfig options (that is, the section of YAST that edits the /etc/rc.config file), I will be able to get a dynamic address... How? I have not figured this out yet. Can anybody help?
As of now, I have hardwired the IP addresses of all my SUSE machines. However, I am just waiting for the University networking folks to come down with an axe... Help!
-- Edgar
You also need another machine on your subnet that is a bootp server for your machine to get it's IP address at boot time. A better/elegant approach is to use DHCP. It provisions more parameters than bootp does. SuSE includes DHCP client but am not sure if the DHCP server is also included.
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