I suspect we'll use a bit of flash to store IP parameters for those who want static addresses: our DHCP client on the empeg does uPnP (universal plug & play) like win98, so that you can just slam an ethernet card into your unit and not even open the network control panel - but still have it work.

Hmm, time to read man dhcpd etc....

How about another (admitedly primitive) protocol: put manually empeg's desired MAC to IP mapping to your Linux arp table, than access empeg. It will grab the target IP address from the first packet whose ethernet frame has its MAC as target and assign it as its own. (Those cigarette-pack sized print servers often use this scheme - OK, I admit it is a relic from times before DHCP, but I still find it convenient.)

Cheers!

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
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