Configuring DHCPD for BOOTP

The final configuration step involves configuring hosts that make BOOTP queries rather than DHCP queries. Just as with the preceding host declaration in the group statement, you'll need to know the hardware address of the NIC that is requesting configuration information. In fact, the declaration for BOOTP hosts is almost identical to the host declaration in the previous group statement (compare Listing 23.5 to Listing 23.6).

Code Listing 23.6. Sample BOOTP Entry
host tazfoo {
   hardware ethernet 08:00:09:ed:8e:0d;
   fixed-address tazfoo.void.org;
}

In Listing 23.6, the host statement is the same as the preceding host statement for groups, but it requires a resolvable hostname or IP address. If a hostname is used, it ...

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