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   Message 12,743 of 14,669   
   Barry Margolin to All   
   Re: when mac-adress is established   
   24 Feb 09 17:37:43   
   
   From: barmar@alum.mit.edu   
      
   In article , kes    
   wrote:   
      
   > Hi everybody,   
   >   
   >   
   > i'm a beginner to use snmp.   
   > When i need to reconfigure a netdevice via snmp and the MAC-Adress is   
   > established but not the defined IP-Adress. How do i can change the Hostname   
   > via SNMPSET to give the destination at MAC-Adress?   
      
   I don't know if you can.  SNMP is based on UDP, which requires IP.   
      
   Why aren't you using DHCP?  Although it also uses UDP, it has some   
   special workarounds to allow it to work before an IP address is assigned.   
      
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   Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu   
   Arlington, MA   
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