Re: How to look for specific bootp server

[napi@ew.mimos.my (Mohd Hanafiah Abdullah)]

>>>In the case of DHCP (if you have configured etherboot/netboot to use DHCP
>>>rather than BOOTP), the protocol allows for multiple servers which the
>>>client then chooses between (usually, I think, by grabbing the first
>>>offer).
>>
>>Aha.  How do we configure the floppy/EPROM to achieve this?  Thanks.
>>
>>Napi
>
>Etherboot already uses DHCP by default, it's backward compatible in
>a fashion to BOOTP. It will accept the first offer, although the spec
>leaves open the possibility for the client to wait for a few offers to
>come in and then choose the one it likes best.

Would appreciate to know specifically how to make the client choose the best
server among the ones offered, by means of the server's IP address maybe.

Napi