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On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 10:19:32AM +0200, Vegard Figenschou wrote: |
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> *zeroconf |
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> -(requirements? IPv4/IPv6 network? mac-address?) |
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> -[please fill in here] |
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I'm not sure what you mean by requirements really...I think we can |
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safely assume an ethernet network (please?) so everyone has a |
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mac-address, it goes without saying. |
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zeroconf has no requirements other than a network interface. |
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mdns however requires that multicast is supported on the network. |
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> *dhcp |
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> -minimum requirement: a mac-address |
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dhcp means that we need to have a dhcpd that we can control on the |
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network that suppports the non-standard options. If we don't have access |
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to one, or there is already one running on our network then we are |
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stuck. |
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> *bootp |
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> -minimum requirement |
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see above? |
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> *fixed gold-server address (ie. gold-server is always located at 10.0.0.123) |
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Using dhcpd and non-standard options we can tell the machine where the |
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gold server is (it doesn't need to always have the same IP). |
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Using zeroconf and mdns we can tell the machine where the gold server |
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is. |
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> *To make a distribution that just does it the right way (ie. if zeroconf works |
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> out magic:) |
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heres hoping... |
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