Bootp and IP ranges

[Shem Page <shem_page@alliedtelesyn.com>]

I'm trying to get a bootp server to allocate ip addresses out to devices. I 
have one for DHCP and now I need one for bootp.
 I don't want to have to know the mac address of each machine that will 
request an IP address from the server, but I can't figure out how to avoid it.

 Can somebody tell me whether it is possible to have a bootp server giving 
out addresses without knowing the MAC address and placing them in the 
bootptab file.

 I did read the following on a web page, but I could'nt get it to work


 # Dynamic hosts will be added at end of file
# You need to define ranges of dynamic IP to assign from this bootp server
# use dummy name ".dynamic-X" where X is the range number starting with 1
# Generic option tag T254 tells how many IP addresses to assign from that 
#range

Any help would be welcome
Thanks

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Systems Engineer		Fax 408 736-0100
Allied Telesyn			Web: http://www.alliedtelesyn.com
960 Stewart Dr. Suite B		email: Shem_Page@alliedtelesyn.com
Sunnyvale, California 94085


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