Re: Remote IP setup of devices in a network

2011-11-09 Thread Martyn Welch
On 08/11/11 18:54, Sam Ravnborg wrote: I am faced with a challenge that we ship devices which are all preconfigured to a fixed IP address, and we want to provide an easy solution to do remote IP configuration of all devices connected to the same network. In other words - all devices are

Remote IP setup of devices in a network

2011-11-08 Thread Sam Ravnborg
I am faced with a challenge that we ship devices which are all preconfigured to a fixed IP address, and we want to provide an easy solution to do remote IP configuration of all devices connected to the same network. In other words - all devices are reachable by a broadcast package. The network

Re: Remote IP setup of devices in a network

2011-11-08 Thread David Woodhouse
On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 19:54 +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: The idea is to use an UDP broadcast to discover all devices, and a similar UDP broadcast to configure the devices. In the latter the MAC will be the key to address individual devices. You could almost be describing link-local IPv6. Each

Re: Remote IP setup of devices in a network

2011-11-08 Thread Sam Ravnborg
On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 07:11:09PM +, David Woodhouse wrote: On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 19:54 +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: The idea is to use an UDP broadcast to discover all devices, and a similar UDP broadcast to configure the devices. In the latter the MAC will be the key to address

Re: Remote IP setup of devices in a network

2011-11-08 Thread Eliot Blennerhassett
On 09/11/11 08:31, Sam Ravnborg wrote: On Tue, Nov 08, 2011 at 07:11:09PM +, David Woodhouse wrote: On Tue, 2011-11-08 at 19:54 +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote: The idea is to use an UDP broadcast to discover all devices, and a similar UDP broadcast to configure the devices. In the latter the