Hi,
For our university we're using a patched version of bootp-daemon
(bootp-DD2.4.3) that can do some semi-dynamic DHCP assignment (or better
automatic assigment since it's not dynamic at all).
We're planning to migrate to a "real" DHCP server (if possible on a UNIX
server) because we need real dynamic assigment for the growing number of
notebooks. So what we need is a solution where about 80% of our ip-adresses
is assigned static (by mac address) and the other 20% is assigned dynamic.
The dynamic assigment must only be done to registered mac-addresses (for
security reasons).
I'm thinking of using joind since it's included with True64 Unix. The
questions i have are:
1: what version of joind are included with the several versions of unix ?
We're using Tru64 unix version 4.0d, e and f (no 5.0 yet).
2: can joind be used to do the mix of static and dynamic assignment
(especially with the, for us, important restriction that only registered
mac-addresses are allowed to use dynamic assignment !!).
3: are there any technical/functional reasons to go for the free dhcp
version from ISC (
http://www.isc.org) ?
4: in general i'm interested in experiences from anyone using joind (is it
stable ?)
Thanks,
Maurice
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Maurice Steyvers, ICA, Universiteit Maastricht
mailto:maurice.steyvers_at_ica.unimaas.nl
phone :(++ 31 43) 388 23 49
Fax :(++ 31 43) 361 42 87
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Received on Thu Apr 13 2000 - 08:00:53 NZST