Hi Stefano, On 24 août 2011, at 08:22, Stefano Babic wrote:
> On 08/24/2011 06:56 AM, Eric Jarrige wrote: >> Dear Wolfgang, Dear Stefano, > > Hi Eric, > >>>> We really need a set of default IP addresses for private network to >>>> simplify as much as possible the life of the armadeus project developers. >>> >>> And what makes you think that 192.168.0.10 might be a free IP address >>> in my network? Or assume that 255.255.255.0 is the right netmask in >>> this network? >> >> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1918#page-4 > > Really RFC1918 reservs only IP addresses for private use, but there is > nothing regarding a "default" IP address. And nothing different as usual > how to assign the addresses to the hosts. > > To set a static IP address when DHCP is not available (a sort of > autoconfiguration without DHCP server), the link-local address range > should be used (169.254.0.0/16), described in > http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3927. > It sets a random IP in the range and checks with ARP that the address is > not already used in the network. However, it is outside the goals of a > bootloader ;-) Correct, U-Boot does not support this protocol that is moreover limited to devices "directly connected to the same physical/logical link". Best regards, Eric _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot