Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!dkuug!freja.diku.dk!harbo From: harbo@diku.dk (Klaus Harbo) Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix Subject: Reassigning IP-adress to boot clients Keywords: IP reassign dec3100 ultrix Message-ID: <1990Aug7.111645.25785@diku.dk> Date: 7 Aug 90 11:16:45 GMT Distribution: comp Organization: Department Of Computer Science, University Of Copenhagen Lines: 31 At our site we have several DEC3100s which all boot from a central server (also a DEC3100). We have a central administration of our LAN, and they want us to assign different IP-addresses to some our machines (all of them boot-clients). Unfortunately it is unclear to me how this is done. Actually we don't even know where the machine gets its own IP-address. I think I know that it gets it through ARP from the boot server, but where does *it* get it? -- There must be a file somewhere that contains information about which clients get which addresses. (Surely it can't be /etc/hosts ? -- I have tried that, and doesn't seem to work). Our local DEC has so far been unable to provide an answer to this question, which is of course totally unacceptable (and perfectly in line with our general experiences with DEC Denmark). The net is my only hope, I'm afraid, so please help me someone! Thanks in advance. -Klaus |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Klaus Harbo | | | Euromath Center | e-mail: harbo@euromath.dk | | Universitetsparken 5 | phone: +45 3135 3133 ext. 417 | | DK-2100 Copenhagen | fax: +45 3135 0427 | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| -- |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| | Klaus Harbo | | | Euromath Center | e-mail: harbo@euromath.dk |