From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Feb 7 13:14:48 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA26977 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 7 Feb 1996 13:14:48 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id NAA26958 for ; Wed, 7 Feb 1996 13:14:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA21449; Wed, 7 Feb 1996 16:14:17 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Feb 1996 16:14:17 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9602072114.AA21449@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Terry Lambert Cc: Weber@AUX.BFS.UWM.EDU (Dan Weber), questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Obtaining a IP address from MS DHCP In-Reply-To: <199602072045.NAA06318@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <31185770@AUX.BFS.UWM.EDU> <199602072045.NAA06318@phaeton.artisoft.com> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < said: > Clearly, you'd need a program that could do a raw DHCP request using > an unconfigured network card. Which shouldn't be too hard, really: all you have to do is create a little machinery in the kernel to allow you to send designated packets out an interface you choose while IP has not yet been configured for that interface. IPv6 will make this much, much easier, since any Ethernet-connected host will be able to invent a locally-valid address on the fly. -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant