Hi.
> > Does anyone know how to assign the ip address of a linux box from a
> > remote workstation using arp?? I've seen webcams do this so i know
> > its possible. One suggestion i've seen is to assign the box a 'fake'
> > random address like 10.255.1.48 or whatever and use tcpdump to watch
> > for MAC addresses.. If the
> Ummm...why don't you just enable CONFIG_IP_PNP and CONFIG_IP_PNP_RARP
> in the "box" and make it get the IP address suing RARP? And when you
> are at it, you could enable CONFIG_IP_PNP_BOOTP, too, so you could
> use a BOOTP / DHCP server as well.
Maybe because this would be a completely other way of configuration than
he asked for? I think this "ip by arp" configuration is thought to be a
way for the first configuration of a (new?) device in a network. And not
every network has a dhcp or bootp server running for doing this.
> Wolfgang Denk
Bye, Mike
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