Date: 14 Feb 2006 13:55:27 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> Cc: FreeBSD questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: dhclient and bootpd on same system OK? Message-ID: <44pslplqhs.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20060214035019.36178.qmail@web33308.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060214035019.36178.qmail@web33308.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com> writes: > I have a home network with a router connected to the > external internet, and four PCs on the home network. > The router provides IPs with its DHCP server. > (The router is a small commercial box skrewed to > the wall). > > One of the PCs on the home network is a FreeBSD > (6-Stable). This FreeBSD PC runs dhclient to get its > IP configuration. So far so good. > > All other PCs on the network are Windows PCs, > but have a BIOS that allow Network boots. > Therefore I would like to set up the possibility to > boot these PCs as diskless boxes from the > FreeBSD PC, using the bootpd server. > > Hence, I'd like to make this FreeBSD PC a > bootpd server. But it is already running dhclient. > Would such a setup cause conflicts? It should be fine. Client and server use different UDP ports. But you'd have to try it to be sure. -- Lowell Gilbert, embedded/networking software engineer, Boston area http://be-well.ilk.org/~lowell/
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