On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, John wrote:
>> host hostnamexxx {
>> hardware ethernet 00:e0:81:23:e0:9e;
>> fixed-address 172.16.0.2;
>> next-server 172.16.100.1;
>> filename "/pxelinux.0";
>> }
>
>Does anyone know why it's necessary to have the "hardware ethernet"
>entry? I find it a great PITN.
It's the only unique identifier a NIC has on the network. Without it,
the DHCP server wouldn't know which IP address to assign.
The "next-server" and "filename" options from the above entry could be
moved into a common section at the top of dhcpd.conf, BTW.
Cheers,
Phil
