In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote:
> Does anyone know how to assign the ip address of a linux box from a remote
> workstation using arp?? I've seen webcams do this so i know its possible.
> One suggestion i've seen is to assign the box a 'fake' random address like
> 10.255.1.48 or whatever and use tcpdump to watch for MAC addresses.. If the
Ummm...why don't you just enable CONFIG_IP_PNP and CONFIG_IP_PNP_RARP
in the "box" and make it get the IP address suing RARP? And when you
are at it, you could enable CONFIG_IP_PNP_BOOTP, too, so you could
use a BOOTP / DHCP server as well.
Wolfgang Denk
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