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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!dkuug!aud.dk!vaxapcnfs.aud.auc.dk!dahsp
- From: dahsp@aud1.aud.auc.dk (Henrik S. Pedersen)
- Subject: bootp, host-name
- Message-ID: <dahsp.25.724491881@aud1.aud.auc.dk>
- Keywords: bootp, PC/TCP
- Lines: 58
- Sender: news@vaxc.aud.auc.dk (USENET News System)
- Organization: AUD
- Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1992 07:44:41 GMT
-
-
- bootp, configuring host-name in PCTCP.INI.
-
- I am trying to use bootp to configure my PCs from a network
- server. I use PC/TCP v. 2.1 on a PC with a 3Com ethernet
- board and NDIS driver. According to the manual (page 36-2)
- it should be possible to configure the host-name with bootp.
-
- My bootp installation works almost perfectly, but the bootp
- client from PC/TCP does not update the host-name in the
- section [pctcp general] in PCTCP.INI. Why?
-
- According to RFC1048 the tag number for the client name
- is 12. I have tested the reply from the bootp server by
- capturing the packet with a LAN analizer. I am sure that
- my bootp server complies to RFC951 and RFC1048. The entry
- in my bootptab looks like this:
-
- pchsp:\
- :hn:ht=ether:vm=rfc1048:\
- :ha=02608c4b294a:\
- :ip=129.142.49.183:
-
- The bootp program does not change the host-name entry, but
- the internet address is correctly updated according to this
- table. I have also successfully configured the following
- parameters (not in bootptab at the moment):
-
- - printer server
- - serial number (tag 131)
- - authentication key (tag 132)
-
- I always call the bootp client on my PC in the following way:
-
- bootp -f -v
-
- The output from the command is:
-
- MAC/DIS converter
- FTP Software PC/TCP bootp Version 2.1
- Copyright (c) 1986-1992 by FTP Software, Inc. All rights reserved.
- Driver type 57, number 0, level 6 name: ifcust (PC/TCP Generic Ethernet packet driver) initialized
- Requesting IP address for Generic Ether interface 02:60:8c:4b:29:4a.
- Trying...
- BOOTP reply received from 129.142.51.200.
- IP address set to 129.142.49.183.
- Received RFC 1048 vendor information.
-
- I have sent this question to support@ftp.com, but I haven't got
- any answer from FTP software. Is this an error in the bootp
- client?
-
-
- Thanks for any help
-
- Henrik S. Pedersen
- Aalborg University Datacenter, Denmark
- email dahsp@aud1.aud.auc.dk
-