From owner-freebsd-mobile Wed Sep 9 11:33:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA25416 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Wed, 9 Sep 1998 11:33:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from socrates.i-pi.com (socrates.i-pi.com [198.49.217.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA25355 for ; Wed, 9 Sep 1998 11:33:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ingham@i-pi.com) Received: (from ingham@localhost) by socrates.i-pi.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id MAA01094; Wed, 9 Sep 1998 12:30:07 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from ingham) Message-ID: <19980909123006.11124@i-pi.com> Date: Wed, 9 Sep 1998 12:30:06 -0600 From: Kenneth Ingham To: Bill Trost , Chris Shenton , freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Laptop address acquisition, static/dynamic, home/work References: <86u32h746y.fsf@samizdat.uucom.com> <25981.905359632@cloud.rain.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: <25981.905359632@cloud.rain.com>; from Bill Trost on Wed, Sep 09, 1998 at 09:47:12AM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Sep 09, 1998 at 09:47:12AM -0700, Bill Trost wrote: > Chris Shenton writes: > I guess I could build a DHCP client for the laptop and set up DHCP > at home, but was looking for a simpler solution. > > Too bad none of the DHCP clients are willing to use a BOOTP server. I > whacked the WIDE one to do that, but it's ugly. Why? ISC's dhcp server (it is a port) is happy to do bootp (for those boxes which do not speak DHCP). However with DHCP, you can also configure name service, routers, etc. I am running the isc dhcp server from the port on one machine on the home network. It was easy to configure and works well (about half the machines on the net rely on it). It took about an hour to figure out the isc dhcp client config to make it work everywhere on my 2.2.6 laptop. My laptop works when I plug it in at home, it works when I plug it in at the university, it works when I plug it in at any client sites where they are running DHCP. Kenneth To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message