Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 20:02:50 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU (HMG coA reductase) Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IP addresses Message-ID: <199605011032.UAA24661@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960501192123.28612A-100000@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> from "HMG coA reductase" at May 1, 96 07:28:08 pm
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HMG coA reductase stands accused of saying: > > > HMG coA reductase stands accused of saying: > > > > > > If i don't know the IP address of this machine, but know everything else > > > (DNS, gateway, etc), is it possible to find out by some means what my IP > > > is? I'm on an Ethernet. BOOTP doesn't work. > [snip] > > > > Either : You have a machine coming up and you want to work out what address > > it should have (1), or you're on a machine and you want to find its IP (2). > yes. i'm on this machine that hasn't got DOS software and hence i cannot > know its IP. is there a way to check up an IP according to its ethernet > addr or whatever means? If you haven't had an address assigned to the machine, then it doesn't have one. IP addresses are not a function of the machine's hardware. If your network administrator has assigned the machine an address, then go ask them. We do operating systems, not telepathy 8) > > For (1), BOOTP will only work if you have a server previously > > configured for it on the network. Assuming this is met, then BOOTP > > certainly _does_ work. > What if there's this other server on another LAN that does BOOTP nicely for > Novell netware, will it serve BOOTP for my FreeBSD box on that LAN? See the anser above. If the LAN's aren't connected, then you want questions@mindreading.voodo.org. If they are, you need to find out if the other server actually does BOOTP (on a Novell LAN? I'd be dubious), or whether you should just stick your IP in /etc/sysconfig and fly like that. This _is_ a FreeBSD question, right? -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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