Hi

I'm looking for some advice. I have a series of custom devices using
LwIP, talking to a custom C# application.
Some devices are connected to a network, using DHCP to get an IP
address. Other devices are setup for standalone use and are directly
connected to a local laptop for maintenence. In both cases I want to use
the same ethernet connetion with the same software.

I've been looking at AUTOIP, but this takes almost a full minute to
setup IP adresses, which is unacceptable. Another idea was to use one
common static IP if no DHCP server was found. The problem with this is,
that in case it's just a temporary DHCP server absence, I end up with
dozens of devices having the same IP. My last idea was to use DHCP and
PPPoE in parallel. So if there was no DHCP server, the laptop would use
PPPoE. I haven't tested this, but if my thought is correct, this would
solve both problems mentioned (to the cost of having to implement two
protocols).


If anybody has similar requirements, please let me know how you solved
this.

Am I on the right track, or is there a much simpler solution to my
problem?


Best Regards
Simon
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