Re: TCP connection to MAC address

Nicolas Noakes wrote:
Hello,

I would like to convert to following process to code. Any advice is
welcome.

I have a hardware device which requires the this procedure to set it's
IP address. First create an static ARP entry for the device's MAC
address and the desired IP address. Then telnet to this IP address on
TCP port 1. This will set the device to temporarily respond to that IP
address. Now you can use HTTP to access the device's web interface and
explicitly set it's IP address.

Could you flesh out this process a bit more? I'm confused as to what you're trying to do. It seems like you want to have some kind of remote configuration of the host's IP address abilities. What I don't understand is why creating a static ARP entry is even necessary?

Chris.
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