[ECOS] Re: DHCP shuts down Ethernet device?

[Jonathan Larmour]

Anthony Massa wrote:
> 
> >> I am running RedBoot on an MBX board and downloading my eCos
> >application
> >> with networking support.
> >>
> >> I noticed your post about the Ethernet device shutdown and
> >was wondering if
> >> I could possibly be running
> >> into the same problem.
> >
> >Only if you don't have a DHCP server on your net and you're
> >trying to use
> >the ethernet driver for other purposes than the TCP/IP stack.
> 
> I have a DHCP server on my net.  However, my confusion comes with the fact
> that I have RedBoot coming up using BOOTP, which I have a server for as
> well.  So, RedBoot gets its IP address.  Is this address then passed onto
> the application, or is the application layer supposed to get its own, new
> address?
> 
> I'm a little confused about how the RedBoot and eCos app layer stack coexist
> on my target.  I am using the RedBoot Ethernet for debugging the
> application.

They each get their own addresses. Or one can be static and the other
dynamic, or whatever you want. Think of them as completely separate.

Jifl
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