Re: [Sheflug] Slightly OT: Configuring IP addresses

["wulfie" <nospam [at] wulfric7.co.uk>]

Look at ARP/RARP.... you can access the MAC address & set up an IP address
over the Lan.

> We are currently developing a system that uses an embeded controller card
> and has an ethernet port. When the product is shipped we want to be able
to
> give the customer means of setting / changing the IP address. At present
we
> only have the use of the RS232 debug port but we would like to find
another
> way of doing it. Would it be possible to access the card via the ethernet
> port knowing only the MAC address and configuring the IP address that way.


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