Denys Beauchemin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
>Hum,
 
>I am well aware that the HP 3000 does not have a DHCP client.  That is why I
>want to create a reservation on DHCP for that server.  Then using WINS, on
>any Win95 or NT client on the network, I should be able to ping say "alpha"
>(my HP 3000) and WINS would convert the address for the Windows based client.
 
>All I want, basically, is for all my PCs and NT to know autonmagically where
>alpha is and what the address is.  I do not expect, or want alpha to be able
>to ping any Win 95/NT box without it using its HOSTS file.  Since the HP 3000
>is my server, it does not really want to inititate a conversation with any
>other node.  The same goes for my HP 9000.
 
>DHCP offers the capability of reserving an address and associating a name
>with that address.  In order to do that, you also need to feed it the MAC
>address of that node.  That is what my original post was all about.  Several
>people pointed me in the right direction to obtain the MAC address on the HP
>3000.  I successfully retrieved that information and fed it to DHCP.  Still
>no joy, I cannot ping my HP 3000 from a Win95 PC, without a HOSTS file on
>that PC.
 
Dear Denys (from another Denis)...
 
DHCP offers the capability of supplying an address but does NOT
associate a name with that address.  to do what you want, you have to
use DHCP and WINS on a NT server by doing the following:
 
-Don't le your DHCP server just supply an IP address to your Windows,
Windows 95 or Windows NT clients.  You can also supply lots of things
like the WINS server address, the domain name, the gateway address,
timeout, etc.
 
-Don't "reserve" an IP address based on HP3000 MAC address.  Just
exclude your actual HP3000 IP address from the DHCP scope.  Then (this
is the trick), enter your HP3000 name/address as a "static"  pair on
your WINS server configuration.  I'm not actually at the office but I
could email you exactly where you can do that in WINS.
 
I did that on my former employer where we were using HP3000s and
HP9000.  For sure, you have to enter manually (only once and each time
you change your HP3000/HP9000 IP address) those addresses but it
works.
 
Don't hesitate to ask if you need more info.
 
Denis St-Amand ([log in to unmask]) - Info Panama Service - Beauport
(Quebec), Canada
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