----- Original Message ----- From: "David Boyes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 5:46 PM Subject: Re: DHCP Server
> > Is there any configuration differences when it comes to setting up a DHCP > > Server on s390 running SLES 7 compared to an Intel PC? > > On the Linux side, no, but it *does* matter how the Linux system is > connected to the network. DHCP is broadcast-based, and thus if you have a > correctly configured LCS or CLAW device directly attached to the Linux > guest, it will work fine. If you are connected via CTC, IUCV or QDIO > devices, you can't do broadcast, and thus DHCP doesn't work at all. > > -- db Hi, The configuration of our network is such that we have a Fast Ethernet OSA Express adapter and it is dedicated to my Linux userid. We have configured Linux to use the QDIO driver. Is there a way that I can get DHCP to work in this environment? You have stated that QDIO does not support broadcast. Should I configure the Fast Ethernet OSA Express card to use a different driver? How about adding the fake_broadcast parameter to /etc/chandev.conf. Regards, Darren
