> Piero 74 wrote: > > but AFTER ip discovery, sw on pc have to use this ip for tcp connection. > > > > i think if you use cable cross between two systems which have in general > > IP in different subnet, you cannot comunicate. I think it could works > > only if they have the same GW... but it will be a strange situation. > > > > I said "but, using broadcast, the installer have to configure his laptop > > on the same subnet of board". It means configuration necessary AFTER ip > > discovery > > But you're also going to have to configure the laptop to communicate with > the subnet the static IP address is on too. And you're stuffed if > 192.168.* (or whatever you're using) is already a valid subnet connected > to the laptop. > > A broadcast to 255.255.255.255 will be seen by every host on the same side > of a gateway router, directly connected with a cross-over cable or not. > The configured gateway for each subnet is not relevant.
I see this is more complicated than I realized - and hoped. One thing, somewhere it was mentioned some routers will block broadcasts. If that's the case, then do I need to implement more than one scheme and try both until I get a response? Bill _______________________________________________ lwip-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lwip-users
