I believe these need to be configured with MAC addresses before you can use them. The programs I am referring to have the following functionality:
- They monitor the Ethernet port for BOOTP REQUEST messages.
- Then they display the request in a window showing the MAC address that sent it out.
- They allow the user to type in an IP address and subnet mask for the station that sent the request
- It then sends out a BOOTP REPLY message to the requester so it knows what IP address to use.
Most of what I have read regarding the built in Linux bootp servers required you to edit a configuration file and to know the mac address of the device you want to configure. Please let me know if I'm wrong here.
Thanks,