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From: brown@dlogics.COM (Steve Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: IP address assignment at boot time - for PCs
Summary: An approach to dynamic assignment of IP addresses on a Novell network
Message-ID: <682@dlogics.COM>
Date: 17 Nov 90 11:21:32 GMT
References: <1990Nov16.005606.4679@dosli.govt.nz>
Organization: Datalogics Inc., Chicago
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In article <1990Nov16.005606.4679@dosli.govt.nz>, mark@badger.dosli.govt.nz (Mark Wright) writes:
> 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 am trying to solve the same problem.  The current approach is to redirect
the Novell userlist command output to a file, fish out the current user's 
segment and address (the "*" opposite the user name) and use it to update the
gateway and myip in the user's local config.tel file.  The userlist and 
update programs are run in the user's login .bat file.

This seems to guarantee unique IP addresses without requiring unique
config.tel files on each PC. 

This isn't fully operational yet (2 out of 90 PC's), but so far so good.

Steve Brown
Datalogics, Inc.
441 W. Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60610
brown@dlogics.com