Date: Mon, 22 Jan 1996 22:10:57 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Static vs. BootP: Try 3 Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960122210802.1683O-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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Hello! I'll rewrite it this time... What would you suggest for managing IP assignment in a medium-sized network? UO Residence Networking is looking at a new solution for address assignment in our residence hall network. We are currently just assigning an IP to each person that signs up. Unfortunately, we're hitting some of the limitations of this program, mainly getting duplicate IP addresses even though we've been religious in our record-keeping. Which means the students are playing with the net configurations. :( We've also been looking at bootp. FreeBSD has a good bootp server, and we have a machine available to run it. We like this option, but then we have to depend on a machine running, and (correct me on this) some network cards can change their ethernet addresses. And can someone just plug in an IP address anyway and "hack" their way on the net and not solve our problem at all? As you can see, I'm pretty lost on this :) ANY help & comments would be greatly appreciated!! Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@gladstone.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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