On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Philip Rowlands wrote:
> 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.
ithat's not quite right, On _my_ system, any IP address from the dynamic
range is fine. The subnet's purpose is _testing_ and _installing_.
I only ned specify the MAC address for systems I'm installing, any other
system gets an IP address fine. In fact, so does the install machine, it
just does'g find what to install.
> The "next-server" and "filename" options from the above entry could be
> moved into a common section at the top of dhcpd.conf, BTW.
>
