On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Michael Renzmann wrote:
> > Then why not assign it an initial private address, the same for all
> > devices?
>
> First: There might be the (slighlty small) chance that this address
> already is in use. Second: see below.
Yes, small. Should be possible to detect the conflict and choose another
address, but it has to be announced somehow to the operator then.
> > Of course the routing entry for the class C net would need to be added
> > to the local interface on Windows, but this should not be a problem.
>
> How do you do this on a normal w32-box (Win95, Win98)?
Similar as arp.
route add ....
And BTW. I am almost sure there exist some small BOOTP servers for
Windows. If not, should not be a big problem writing one able to respond just
with a single IP address.
And, yes, you can receive packets with tcpdump without IP configured. You can
also configure device to use multicast address.
Best regards,
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Tomek
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