Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 09:06:06 -0500 From: sbabkin@dcn.att.com To: joe@via.net, robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: RE: A web-based FreeBSD configuration tool. Message-ID: <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EE4132B3@dcn71.dcn.att.com>
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> ---------- > > - You could come up snooping the ethernet > > - probe & find an unused IP address > > - look for DNS query packets - looking for a 'magic name' > (install.freebsd.org) > > - if you see that, send a reply out the ethernet with your IP > address. > > ... i.e., DHCP or IPV6 autoconfiguration ... > Another option is to do like some print servers: you put manually the ARP record to your browser machine, then do telnet to some special port (or not special port, or not telnet but http connection) and the new machine reads its IP address from the first received non-broadcast packet. I guess it's simpler than a small DHCP server. -SB To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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