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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!metro!metro!asstdc.scgt.oz.au!nsw.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!vic.news.telstra.net!news.mira.net.au!inquo!in-news.erinet.com!izzy.net!aanews.merit.net!imci3!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!iol!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!dispatch.news.demon.net!demon!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!awfulhak.demon.co.uk!not-for-mail From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: double bootp server problem Followup-To: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Date: 26 Apr 1996 10:08:31 +0100 Organization: Coverform Ltd. Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4lq3qf$ga@anorak.coverform.lan> References: <4lj0a0$bih@news.simplex.nl> X-NNTP-Posting-Host: awfulhak.demon.co.uk X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.misc:22257 comp.unix.bsd.misc:853 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:18254 Rob Simons (rob@xs1.simplex.nl) wrote: : Hi, : I've been asked to see if there is a solution for the following : problem: : A company which has a 14 floor network, divided into two segments : by a bridge. The first 7 floors we'll call 'sales' and the top : 7 floors we'll call 'marketing'. (Yes, the bridge is in between) : Now both departments have a bootp server to give out ip's for : pc's on the net which want to connect to UNIX machines. However, : since there are two bootp servers (one on the sales floor, and : one on marketing) they both respond to the requests, and which- : ver comes first .. [stuff about why there are two bootp's deleted] Can't you configure each bootp server with a list of the MAC addresses that it will reply to ? If the physical NICs are variable, you could get one or both of the bootp servers to act as routers, and get them to effectively mask out the bootp requests. What UNIX are you using ? Does it have routing capabilities ? -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....