[Etherboot-developers] Fwd: Need Help with Etherboot UDP

[Marty C. <md...@et...>]

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> From: Coach Basti <lt...@gm...>
> Date: November 26, 2005 5:28:32 AM EST
> To: "eth...@li..." <etherboot- 
> dev...@li...>
> 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.
>
> Sincerely yours and frantically waiting in torment,
> LTSP_fan

I think it would be useful to see some code.  Seeing exactly what  
you're trying to do would make it possible for us to better reproduce  
your environment, and give you more informed answers.

Marty