In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, martin f krafft writes: > could someone please explain to me (or provide me with a > comprehensive link) the main difference between bootp and dhcp?
Excerpt from http://www.dhcp-handbook.com/dhcp_faq.html#hiidt 5.How is it different than BOOTP or RARP? DHCP is based on BOOTP and maintains some backward compatibility. The main difference is that BOOTP was designed for manual pre-configuration of the host information in a server database, while DHCP allows for dynamic allocation of network addresses and configurations to newly attached hosts. Additionally, DHCP allows for recovery and reallocation of network addresses through a leasing mechanism. RARP is a protocol used by Sun and other vendors that allows a computer to find out its own IP number, which is one of the protocol parameters typically passed to the client system by DHCP or BOOTP. RARP doesn't support other parameters and using it, a server can only serve a single LAN. DHCP and BOOTP are designed so they can be routed. How did I find this information so easily??? http://google.com/search?DHCP+FAQ LESSON: Google is your friend!!! ;-) Seriously. Conclusion: If you need fine grained control of remote booting mac address identified machines to load kernels or mount root filesystems, bootp was designed for it. Still, dhcp will work just fine in this capacity. If you're going to use dhcp to dynamically allocate any block of addresses on your network, you may as well use it to work in place of a bootp server as well. -- Chad Walstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | a.k.a. ^chewie http://www.wookimus.net/ | s.k.a. gunnarr Key fingerprint = B4AB D627 9CBD 687E 7A31 1950 0CC7 0B18 206C 5AFD
