Re: DHCP (Was: Is there such a program available for Linux?)

Ingo =?UNKNOWN-8BIT?Q?L=FCtkebohle?= (Ingo@identity.de)
Fri, 19 Jul 1996 09:36:15 +0200


Michael Weller wrote:
> I always want to write that: MEE TOO!

For the DHCP server:
ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus/net-source/bootp/dhcp-x.y.z.tar.gz

and any other place that has the net-source distribution from Flo La
Roche.

> However, this yields to the opposite problem: Is there a a bootp client for
> DOS and/or Windows (and/or NT). A simple standalone tool that broadcasts
> it requests in the net and returns the ip address found in a manner to be
> used in a kind of script would serve my needs perfectly.

Most Winsock stacks support bootp.

//Ingo