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- From: smj@beta.lanl.gov (Stephen M. Johnson)
- Subject: TCP/IP Addressing in Large Networks
- Message-ID: <1992Jul29.191829.13780@newshost.lanl.gov>
- Sender: news@newshost.lanl.gov
- Organization: Savannah River Site
- Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 19:18:29 GMT
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- I work for a large Department of Energy facility (325 square miles, 23,000
- people) with a large IP population. Most of the machines running IP are
- personal computers, split evenly between IBM PCs and Macs. We have a great
- deal of trouble maintaining an accurate host database because PCs are easily
- moved, etc. We are struggling internally with how to manage IP addresses
- so that we maintain an accurate database and consume minimal people resources
- doing so. We have discussed dynamic allocation of addresses and server-based
- allocation using RARP or BOOTP. What are other organizations with large
- IP populations doing to solve this problem?
-
- If there seems to be sufficient interest I'll summarize to the net.
-
- thanks
-
- Mark Johnson | Westinghouse Savannah River Company
- | (803) 644 1494
- smj@lanl.gov | Aiken, South Carolina
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- Mark Johnson | Westinghouse Savannah River Company
- | (803) 644 1494
- smj@lanl.gov | Aiken, South Carolina
-