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DHCP & MAC Address Grouping

Marcel Groenewald <marcelg@new.iscorltd.co.za> Fri, 24 May 1996 08:02 UTC

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From: Marcel Groenewald <marcelg@new.iscorltd.co.za>
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Subject: DHCP & MAC Address Grouping
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Hi,

We currently have a flat network structure with many PC's and Novell and 
Unix Servers connected to it.  We use a 26-bit network mask and all subnets 
exists on the same physical (flat) network.  This complicates the 
implementation of BOOTP/DHCP significantly.

Does anyone have any suggestions about how to go about implementing dynamic 
host configuration in this environment?

Are there any products out there which supports the logical grouping of MAC 
Addresses, thus allowing the dynamic assignment of IP-Address from a range 
to this group (using either DHCP or BOOTP) ?

Marcel Groenewald
Iscor Ltd (Newcastle, South Afirca)
marcelg@new.iscorltd.co.za

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