Here is a simple solution:
Set the IP to a known non-routable address like 192.168.1.1 by default.
This can be done once by a special power up sequence (button pressed
at power up).
Then you can connect via telnet or the web server and change it to
whatever you like.
JLL
Michael Renzmann wrote:
>
> 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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