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14 years ago

Talking with Nios Socket Server from a host

I am working with Nios II Simple Socket Server sample running it on the Cyclon III board. When connected to the corporate LAN, this program gets dynamic IP address from DHCP and shows it in the conso...
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14 years ago

Another option is to send out 'talk to me' UDP messages to a broadcast IP address, and have your application wait for one from the correct serial number.

When windows PCs use DHCP they use some microsoft specific protocol to tell the nameserver (the WINS one I think) their name and IP address - this has to be open to network spoofing :-(