Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 11:27:41 -0400 (EDT) From: Andy Dills <andy@xecu.net> To: Jan Grant <Jan.Grant@bristol.ac.uk> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: promiscuous ethernet Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.21.0005261125510.16951-100000@shell.xecu.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.GHP.4.21.0005261623250.2554-100000@mail.ilrt.bris.ac.uk>
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On Fri, 26 May 2000, Jan Grant wrote: > On Fri, 26 May 2000, Andy Dills wrote: > > > Or, is there a better way to do what I'm trying to do? > > DHCP? - automatic configuration of client machines, but you can specify > their IP addresses, what gateway they should use (I'm guessing this is > what you want it for) and get them to use a nearby DNS server, etc. > > As far as the client machines go, at most you need to turn their network > configuration to use DHCP; a single checkbox on winders machines, and a > lot of sites are using this these days so quite a significant number of > laptops may already be configured to use DHCP. This was the first thing out of my mouth when I was given this project. I was told that this isn't acceptable, as the powers that be feel that the people in question would be overwhelmed merely by being directed to open up the TCP/IP properties. It's the kind of deal where we _really_ have to cater to these people. Andy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Andy Dills 301-682-9972 Xecunet, LLC www.xecu.net xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Dialup * Webhosting * E-Commerce * High-Speed Access To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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