[syslinux] Network Boot IP Configuration Dilemma

[Stephen Brown]

On Mon, 8 Sep 2003, Fred Feirtag wrote:

> >The thing is, if someone is running a rogue DHCP server on your network,
> >you'd have people's workstations hanging anyway.
> >
> Yes, though since my Linux server is often faster than the MS
> servers that may appear from time to time, the hanging on bootup
> can be rather intermittant.  And I guess the conclusion is, I see
> reducing the number of failure modes, and reducing the ways
> failures will be seen and reported by users as a priority, and you
> see uniformity of usage as a priority.

I'll interject here that we are seeing more Mac Powerbooks show up as
rogue DHCP servers -- seems that the default configuration is to set up
ad-hoc networks... Macs seem to listen to the other Macs rather than our
Cisco access points if they are available.  Really a weird one to
troubleshoot.  Off topic, I'll admit, but if you are looking for
solutions to rogue DHCP servers, it might be something to watch for.

Steve Brown
sbrown7 at umbc.edu