Generate random numbers on ipxe shell??

[oblivionv]

It is very unlikely that 2 clients assume the same address with randomization if we were to use a class B address for example. I agree that conflicting configurations from the DHCP server is not a sane option. But our environment is being used for testing with people setting up DHCP servers on cisco routers etc for academic purpose (by design). We faced a similar kind of issue with winpe wpeinit. But i was able to counter this with a batch script.

oblivionv.

(2014-01-15 17:53)mcb30 Wrote:  

(2014-01-13 18:58)oblivionv Wrote:  Well, thanks for your advice. But, there is no need to fix the network. There are reasons why we have multiple DHCP servers running. Changing the entire network infrastructure for a service isnt a clever option.

Having multiple DHCP servers isn't a problem. Having multiple DHCP servers offering conflicting configurations to the same clients is a problem.

Quote:Adding the option of generating random numbers would solve the issue.

No, it wouldn't. What if two clients randomly selected the same IP address?

Michael