Assigning IP to numerous Devices
Ant
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Hello,
This is general AV question and not solely AMX.
We've a large deployment project coming up requiring a vast amount of IP configuration of devices being controlled by AMX NIs.
I would like to assign these IP Address as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Does anyone utilize a bit of software to do this?
Alternatively i was thinking of having a lookup table of serial numbers or MAC addresses and trying to assign Static IPs by having the NI do the work.
Appreciate your feedback,
Anthony
This is general AV question and not solely AMX.
We've a large deployment project coming up requiring a vast amount of IP configuration of devices being controlled by AMX NIs.
I would like to assign these IP Address as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Does anyone utilize a bit of software to do this?
Alternatively i was thinking of having a lookup table of serial numbers or MAC addresses and trying to assign Static IPs by having the NI do the work.
Appreciate your feedback,
Anthony
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If you don't have ready access to one, this one has served me well over the past year or so. Easily configurable via a text file, and only runs on a static interface, so you can connect to a wireless network with your interface set to DHCP for and the hard-wired interface set to static and connected to your network. Hope it helps.
I supposed you could write a DHCP server on the master.
Protocol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamic_Host_Configuration_Protocol
Wireshark Example: http://wiki.wireshark.org/SampleCaptures?action=AttachFile&do=view&target=dhcp.pcap
It's really not that difficult of a protocol to implement - could be fun to do.
I wouldn't do this. First, you'll have to touch every piece in order to get its MAC address, so you might as well set an IP while you're in there. Second, if anything fails and has to be swapped out, the new piece will have a different MAC address and so the reservation will break.
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Also see isc-dhcpd at http://www.isc.org/downloads/dhcp/. I've been using this for 10 years or more; it works well and doesn't break.
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http://tftpd32.jounin.net/
+1 and they have a 64 bit version now which I have no trouble running on my Win8.1 laptop.
Yes, definitely. There are several ways this can be done:
1) Script it.
I did this to batch-configure a pile of Enova and EXB units.
https://github.com/amclain/icslan-config
2) Use an off the shelf DHCP server.
Many here have already recommended this. One of the overlooked options was dhcp3-server for Linux. This solution is free as well as robust, and depending on the job you may even be able to install it on the client's VM host instead of running dedicated hardware.
3) Buy a consumer wi-fi router.
These are cheap (around $50), have a DHCP server built in, and typically you can disable (or at least hide) the wi-fi.
Was looking at doing it via Python or something similar. Could even be setup to auto increment the IP and Device number.
Creating this should be easy for this group of characters on the forum.
I would do this exactly for this reason, it depends on your client of course. In corporate networks or university's it's generally the only option. If we're the ones doing the network (something that happens more and more) it's a very nice way to control your network and what is in it. We make sure we can remotely change settings like this so we can just send a technician. It really helps when you can control an entire netwerk from a single point instead of doing it with static IPs.
I've been wanting to try to set up Ansible to do it. Should at least work on the newer stuff that has ssh...
No time