Re: Fwd: Need Help with Etherboot UDP

> > From: Coach Basti <[email protected]>
> > Date: November 26, 2005 5:28:32 AM EST
> > To: "[email protected]" <etherboot- 
> > [email protected]>
> > Subject: Need Help with Etherboot UDP
> >
> > I am using etherboot on LTSP, and i'm editing lines of code in  
> > nic.c because it seems to contain all the await_X functions of  
> > etherboot( ie await_tcp, await_bootp, and many more)
> > can anyone tell me, in detail, what happens to the nic struct after  
> > await_reply.
> >
> > The bigger picture is I am trying to make the client that is  
> > running on etherboot to await a reply from an external application  
> > on my LTSP server using UDP. I want to control which clients can  
> > proceed to connect to my server.
> > I plan to make the client wait for a specific reply like "/ 
> > continue". when they receive this only then could they proceed with  
> > the rest of the boot up procedure. However, our client only seems  
> > to receive junk. I think that I may be looking in the wrong place  
> > or wrong variable for the message.
> > I am doing this to give the server a few seconds to check whether  
> > it can handle another client or not. I desperately need help. I am  
> > at my wit's end here.

I'd recommend making use of Etherboot's ability to download files from
http. The fact that most webservers support some kind of scripting comes
in handy there.... :-)

If you compile in HTTP support and then let etherboot load some filename
like "http://192.168.0.1/ltsptest.php", having that contain the logic to
tell wether another client is OK or not, you'd have all the means of
regular PHP scripting on your fingertips.

BR
Anselm



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