Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!decwrl!fernwood!portal!cup.portal.com!Will From: Will@cup.portal.com (Will E Estes) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Request For Info On Dynamically Acquiring IP Addresses At Boot Message-ID: <41315@cup.portal.com> Date: 16 Apr 91 03:48:19 GMT Organization: The Portal System (TM) Lines: 10 Can someone give me a reference to any research or commercial products that attempt to solve the problems of 1) allowing a PC or workstation to dynamically acquire an IP address at boot time, and 2) making it easier to install IP on a PC or workstation (i.e., an attempt to make things in general more dynamic so that each client doesn't have so much static information hard-coded into it at install time). Thanks, Will Estes Internet: Will@cup.portal.com UUCP: apple!cup.portal.com!Will