Re: How to look for specific bootp server

[Vlad Lungu <vlad@rls.roknet.ro>]

Ken Yap wrote:
> 
> >>In the case of DHCP (if you have configured etherboot/netboot to use DHCP
> >>rather than BOOTP), the protocol allows for multiple servers which the
> >>client then chooses between (usually, I think, by grabbing the first
> >>offer).
> >
> >Aha.  How do we configure the floppy/EPROM to achieve this?  Thanks.
> >
> >Napi
> 
> Etherboot already uses DHCP by default, it's backward compatible in
> a fashion to BOOTP. It will accept the first offer, although the spec
> leaves open the possibility for the client to wait for a few offers to
> come in and then choose the one it likes best.


Using multiple DHCP servers on the same wire is rather tricky. 
See http://www.webnology.com/list-archives/dhcp/ .
The point is that you must use disjoint address pools for each server
(otherwise the lease obtained from one server  will be NAKed by another)
and/or you use one pool of static leases commn to all servers which
kinda defeats the purpose of DHCP :-)

Vlad