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- From: johnson@TIGGER.JVNC.NET ("Steven L. Johnson")
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
- Subject: Re: Making BOOTP work with Cisco CS-516, FTP Inc 2.1 SLIP?
- Message-ID: <199212231910.AA00521@tigger.jvnc.net>
- Date: 23 Dec 92 19:10:41 GMT
- References: <HOLBROOK.92Dec22115900@nic.cic.net>
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- In pcip@udel.edu Paul Holbrook previously writes:
-
- > The real problem I'm trying to solve it to get FTP Inc's PC/TCP to
- > take a dynamic address when I dialup to my Cisco that is using static
- > fixed addresses for each serial line. BOOTP seemed a logical way to
- > attack the problem, but I'm open to other suggestions.
-
- Although I didn't use FTP's PC/TCP, I did have an opportunity to
- try bootp on a CS-500 running some 9.1-beta-something code. I
- was able to get bootp responses both when using the fixed address
- (slip default) as well as when I requested a specific IP address
- in the dialing script. I don't think the beta code has anything
- to do with it, I assume the production code works also.
-
- The only hint that I can offer is to make sure that your IP
- address in the request packet (i.e. ciaddr) is 0.0.0.0. If
- you already have an IP address, the cisco appears to assume
- that you already know your real IP address and simply forwards
- it out the ethernet for other bootp servers to process (this
- behavior was confirmed by the syslogs on several other machines).
- If you have a default IP address in you PC/TCP configuration
- other than 0.0.0.0 you would mostly likely see this problem.
-
- I don't know what is/was necessary to configure the CS-5xx as
- I didn't do any of that work.
-
- > J. Paul Holbrook
- > CICNet Technical Services Manager
- > holbrook@cic.net (313) 998-7680
-
- -Steve
-