Date: Wed, 1 May 1996 19:28:08 +1000 (EST) From: HMG coA reductase <s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> To: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IP addresses Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960501192123.28612A-100000@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> In-Reply-To: <199605010837.SAA24378@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
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On Wed, 1 May 1996, Michael Smith wrote: > HMG coA reductase stands accused of saying: > > > > If i don't know the IP address of this machine, but know everything else > > (DNS, gateway, etc), is it possible to find out by some means what my IP > > is? I'm on an Ethernet. BOOTP doesn't work. [snip] > > Either : You have a machine coming up and you want to work out what address > it should have (1), or you're on a machine and you want to find its IP (2). yes. i'm on this machine that hasn't got DOS software and hence i cannot know its IP. is there a way to check up an IP according to its ethernet addr or whatever means? > > For (1), BOOTP will only work if you have a server previously > configured for it on the network. Assuming this is met, then BOOTP > certainly _does_ work. What if there's this other server on another LAN that does BOOTP nicely for Novell netware, will it serve BOOTP for my FreeBSD box on that LAN?
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