[KLUG Members] BOOTP cards do not sent DNS Domain name, why?

Todd Pillars todd at terralabs.com
Wed Jul 28 16:13:12 EDT 2004


On Wed, 2004-07-28 at 14:52, Michael Lueck wrote:
> APC UPS cards and HP JetDirect cards. Both vendors suggest BOOTP vs DHCP mode
> of operation, but in BOOTP mode the DNS domain name does not get set on the
> card. Calling APC they said it must be manually set when in the suggested BOOTP
> mode.
I have just gone through a similar experience. I have two JetDirect
sitting on the floor in a heap because of it :) You _have_to_ connect
the cards to a bootp network, run their utility (usually M$ based only),
and manually configure (check box) dhcp. It just is.

Sorry for the non-help.

Todd



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