[Planetlab-devel] bootcd_v3 for wireless/mesh myplc

[Bound, Jim]

Marc,

ACK.  

thx
/jim 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marc E. Fiuczynski [mailto:mef at CS.Princeton.EDU] 
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:31 PM
> To: Bound, Jim; Chan, Winson C; devel at lists.planet-lab.org
> Subject: RE: [Planetlab-devel] bootcd_v3 for wireless/mesh myplc
> 
> Hi Jim,
> 
> >But below it is not wise to hardcode IP addresses ever.
> 
> True.  It should be provided by DHCP, but in this case I 
> don't believe there is a DHCP server running.  For those 
> environements, we use static IP addresses.
> 
> Marc
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bound, Jim [mailto:Jim.Bound at hp.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:21 PM
> > To: Marc E. Fiuczynski; Chan, Winson C; devel at lists.planet-lab.org
> > Subject: RE: [Planetlab-devel] bootcd_v3 for wireless/mesh myplc
> >
> >
> > Folks, few key points I want to respond to on vserver and 
> IP addresses 
> > still not clear. But below it is not wise to hardcode IP 
> addresses ever.
> >
> > My Two Cents,
> > /jim
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: devel-bounces at planet-lab.org
> > > [mailto:devel-bounces at planet-lab.org] On Behalf Of Marc E. 
> > > Fiuczynski
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 4:16 PM
> > > To: Chan, Winson C; devel at lists.planet-lab.org
> > > Subject: RE: [Planetlab-devel] bootcd_v3 for wireless/mesh myplc
> > >
> > > > Is there a dependency to resolve the hostname of the boot
> > > server?  I
> > > > enabled the DNS server that comes with myplc.  Do I 
> need to update 
> > > > /etc/resolv.conf on nodes to include where the primary DNS
> > > server is
> > > > located?
> > >
> > > No.
> > >
> > > > Or is this automatically configured during the boot process by 
> > > > some scripts in the boot CD?
> > >
> > > When you add a node to your private MyPLC, you'll need to 
> make sure 
> > > that its DNS 1 entry points at the IP address of your 
> MyPLC box. If 
> > > you've set that up correctly, then the generated config 
> file for the 
> > > node should have such a DNS record in it with the appropriate ip 
> > > address.  This is what the node uses to set up its 
> /etc/resolv.conf 
> > > etc.
> > >
> > > Marc
> > >
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