Bash Script - Automate giving IPs

[spbr]

Hi,

Do you think it is possible to create a bash script, which will automate giving ip's to all connected machines?

Thank you

[unijab]

why not dhcp?

[79 Potatoes]

IP binding in your router, unless that machine is your router then yes you can... how? IDK, I'm not into that scripting "side"

[spbr]

4 minutes ago, Nicholatian said:

What do you mean, “giving IPs”? There isn’t a whole lot of context in your post.

 

3 minutes ago, unijab said:

why not dhcp?

Thank you both

 

I do want to use DHCP, but I want this to be automatically done, with the user only being asked on how many machines there is on the network, then the bash script dishes out the correct number of ips for that network.

 

Thank you

 

FYI, this will all be done raspberry pi's

[BubblyCharizard]

are you assigning subnets that are only the size of how many machines are connected with the correct subnet mask?

 

[spbr]

Just now, BubblyCharizard said:

are you assigning subnets that are only the size of how many machines are connected with the correct subnet mask?

 

are you still going to configure the machines IP's manually or do you need an autoconfig utility

 

Thank you

 

I don't want to manually do anything, all done automatically within the bash script

[BubblyCharizard]

why not just use Linux's built in DHCP server?

[Sauron]

7 minutes ago, spbr said:

 

Thank you both

 

I do want to use DHCP, but I want this to be automatically done, with the user only being asked on how many machines there is on the network, then the bash script dishes out the correct number of ips for that network.

 

Thank you

 

FYI, this will all be done raspberry pi's

run the dhcp service on all connected machines and a dhcp server on your router machine.

[BubblyCharizard]

2 minutes ago, Sauron said:

run the dhcp service on all connected machines and a dhcp server on your router machine.

unless you have a specific use case, writing extra code to try and outsmart the router is pointless

[KuJoe]

Please provide more details, it can definitely be done but without more information and context I can't provide specific details. Give us a full scenario of where and how this will be used.

[Sauron]

27 minutes ago, BubblyCharizard said:

unless you have a specific use case, writing extra code to try and outsmart the router is pointless

If I understand the question correctly he's using a computer for this, not a dedicated router.

[BubblyCharizard]

14 minutes ago, Sauron said:

42 minutes ago, BubblyCharizard said:

unless you have a specific use case, writing extra code to try and outsmart the router is pointless

If I understand the question correctly he's using a computer for this, not a dedicated router.

either way....DHCP servers can usually handle basic requests fairly easily

[Sauron]

8 minutes ago, BubblyCharizard said:

either way....DHCP servers can usually handle basic requests fairly easily

yes - did I say anything different?

[BubblyCharizard]

4 minutes ago, Sauron said:

yes - did I say anything different?

nope