From: Ted Lemon Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 22:33:35 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Document broadcast addr hack for HP-UX 9.x X-Git-Tag: carrel-2~210 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f0f07e5d9a21c45cf8b6204600beb9b4513d22f1;p=thirdparty%2Fdhcp.git Document broadcast addr hack for HP-UX 9.x --- diff --git a/README b/README index 8abf3c68e..003f78456 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -166,6 +166,19 @@ BROADCAST_ADDRESS[0]="255.255.255.255" LANCONFIG_ARGS[0]="ether" DHCP_ENABLE[0]=0 +The above hack supposedly does not work on HP-UX version 9.x. +However, another hack which supposedly _does_ work on 9.x is to add +the following entry to your /etc/hosts or DNS database: + +255.255.255.255 all-ones + +Then modify the broadcast as follows (change to suit your +configuration, of course): + +ifconfig lan0 [your ip addr] netmask [your netmask] broadcast all-ones + +I would appreciate any reports as to how well this works for you. + ULTRIX Now that we have Ultrix packet filter support, the DHCP Distribution