[rescue] bootp and dhcp - conflict?

[Dan Moisa]

Perfect and yes it figures! I think the VLAN way is gonna be the
winner here. I could do the previous temporary physical segmentation
to install, etc. but I want to move on to diskless clients since I'm
starting to get sick of managing sd cards.

Thank you sir,
Dan.

On Sun, May 1, 2022 at 10:27 PM Doug McIntyre <merlyn at geeks.org> wrote:
>
> On Sun, May 01, 2022 at 09:46:29PM -0700, Dan Moisa wrote:
> > Trying to run my modern network and the sun stuff on the same wires.
> > Is there a conflict between bootparamd and the DHCP stuff offered by
> > the router?
>
> DHCP is version 2.0 of bootp.
> So yes, there would be a conflict. They both use port 67/68.
>
> The Sun docs outline how to setup dhcpd to be bootp compatible.
> https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19455-01/806-0916/6ja8539ar/index.html
>
> But that probably doesn't help your router.
>
> It probably is using ISC dhcpd, and they outline the requirements here
> https://kb.isc.org/v1/docs/isc-dhcp-44-manual-pages-dhcpd
>
> but you probably don't have access to your router's configuration at this level.
>
> Probably the best course of action is for you is either turning off DHCP on
> your router, and running it locally on a server; or to VLAN segment
> your networks to be your "normal TCP/IP with DHCP", and a separate VLAN
> with the Sun netbooting running bootparamd.
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