From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Feb 24 14:22:18 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA22627 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 14:22:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from aaka.3skel.com (aaka.3skel.com [207.240.212.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id OAA22607 for ; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 14:22:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from danj@3skel.com) Received: from fnur.3skel.com (fnur.3skel.com [192.168.0.8]) by aaka.3skel.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with ESMTP id RAA06746; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 17:22:04 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (danj@localhost) by fnur.3skel.com (8.8.5/8.8.2) with SMTP id RAA06160; Tue, 24 Feb 1998 17:22:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 24 Feb 1998 17:22:02 -0500 (EST) From: Dan Janowski To: Joe McGuckin cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: A web-based FreeBSD configuration tool. In-Reply-To: <199802242058.MAA24843@monk.via.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I like the way it works with Apple printers. With arp one associated the printer's ethernet address with an IP address and it sees that the packets are coming and probably something about and arp who has network query. You then can telnet or whatever, http, to the device. Doesn't require any voodoo network sniffing and magic DNS. Dan On Tue, 24 Feb 1998, Joe McGuckin wrote: > > I think it would be neat if the install code had a www interface, so that I > didn't need to scrounge up a keyboard & monitor in install freebsd. > > You might say that you need a keyboard & monitor to set the IP address ? > > Not really. > > - You could come up snooping the ethernet > - probe & find an unused IP address > - look for DNS query packets - looking for a 'magic name' (install.freebsd.org) > - if you see that, send a reply out the ethernet with your IP address. > > So, I'd put the boot floppy in the machine, hit reset, go over to my web browser > and type in http://install.freebsd.org. If the machine hadn't booted, I'd > get a web page from FreeBSD stating that. Once the machine had booted, > the next time a hit 'refresh' on the browser, I'd get the first page of the > install dialog. > > I think Cisco does something similar to this for their 'out-of-the-box' > configuration. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > -- danj@3skel.com Dan Janowski Triskelion Systems, Inc. Bronx, NY To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message