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GhostCasting and IP addresses
About using BOOTP/DHCP to assign IP addresses
Examples of Wattcp.cfg client configuration files
About using BOOTP/DHCP to assign IP addresses
BOOTP/DHCP automatically defined IP address
The following example displays the IP details on a computer and the details in
the Wattcp.cfg file:
IP details:
Wattcp.cfg:
If the server and client are within the same subnet, a default gateway is not
required. If they are on a separate subnet, a default gateway must be supplied.
If a BOOTP or DHCP server is installed on the network, you may take advantage
of DHCP or BOOTP for IP address assignment. A DHCP server is included in
Windows NT Server release 4.0 and Windows 2000. Other DHCP and BOOTP
applications are available for various operating systems and can be used with
GhostCasting.
If you are GhostCasting to many clients, not having to edit a unique Wattcp.cfg
file on every client may be advantageous. Balanced against this is the additional
complexity of the DHCP setup.
Specifying a local configuration for every computer on an IP network can be
inconvenient or impractical. GhostCasting supports BOOTP and DHCP servers.
You must run the BOOTP or DHCP server to specify a computer's IP address. The
BOOTP/DHCP server listens on the network for computers requesting an IP address
and replies with the address that the BOOTP/DHCP server is configured to provide.
The BOOTP/DHCP server must be configured to provide the IP address, subnet
mask, and (optionally) the default gateway.
IP address: 192.168.100.3
Subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
Default gateway: 192.168.100.1
IP = 192.168.100.3
Netmask = 255.255.255.0
Gateway = 192.168.100.1
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