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Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc Path: sparky!uunet!gatech!paladin.american.edu!news.univie.ac.at!hp4at!mcsun!sun4nl!sun2.iend.wau.nl!HKlompmaker.ZOD.WAU.NL!Hendrik.Klompmaker From: Hendrik.Klompmaker@beheer.zod.wau.nl (Hendrik Klompmaker) Subject: Re: RARP support for tcp/ip lanman from microsoft Message-ID: <Hendrik.Klompmaker.30.725025942@beheer.zod.wau.nl> Lines: 34 Sender: news@sun2.iend.wau.nl (Newsmanager WAU) Organization: Wageningen Agricultural University References: <1992Dec18.110547@roper.mc.ti.com> <724737581snx@crynwr.com> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 12:05:42 GMT In article <724737581snx@crynwr.com> nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) writes: >From: nelson@crynwr.com (Russell Nelson) >Subject: RARP support for tcp/ip lanman from microsoft >Date: Sat, 19 Dec 92 03:59:41 GMT >In article <1992Dec18.110547@roper.mc.ti.com> a722756@roper.mc.ti.com writes: > > We have about 300 pcs running lanman tcp/ip from microsoft (or equivalent). We just lost a weekly backup for a major vms system on site because a user (again) misconfigured his pc to the vms machines ip address. We are clearly approaching > a completely unstable situation. > > When and how soon might one exzpect RARP support for the pc > tcp/ip packages. Since we are heavily lanman commiotted, it > looks like I need microsoft support, but other thoughts would > also be considered. > >Don, RARP is not as well designed as BOOTP. I'd look for a BOOTP solution >before RARP. > >-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say? >Crynwr Software Crynwr Software sells packet driver support. >11 Grant St. 315-268-1925 Voice | LPF member - ask me about >Potsdam, NY 13676 315-268-9201 FAX | the harm software patents do. If you do any subnetting your in trouble with BOOTP as well. You can't do BOOTP over Cisco's (RARP doesn't either) because the client on the other side of it will get the hardware address of the cisco instead of it's own. =============================================================================== |******** Wageningen Agricultural University. Animal Production Group ********| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hendrik Klompmaker Internet : Hendrik.Klompmaker@Beheer.Zod.Wau.Nl System Manager Bitnet : KLOMPMAKER@HWALHW50.BITNET Phone : +31 (0)8370-83934 Fax : +31 (0)8370-83962 Snail : Marijkeweg 40, 6709 PG WAGENINGEN, The Netherlands ===============================================================================