For my TCP/IP (Communications and Networks II) course, I am required to do
a networking project worth 20% of the year.  What I propose is a means to
provide a quick, fast method for dynamic IP addressing under Novell.

I require software to:  1)  obtain the network card unique address (Ethernet)
                        2)  obtain the Novell Network segment number

With this, I plan to be able to pick up both 1 and 2 when a user loggs in,
then go to a common, shared database on the server which contains a
lookup table "database" based on the segment number and the Ethernet card
address.  This way, you don't need to fudge with the IP addressed manually
for maintenance, as we are now doing.
(Existing software is EXPENSIVE!)

This method works for most purposes, and should provide for unique addressing,
except where more than one NIC card exists in a system.  As such,
just a means to get a unique IP address for a network should also work.

Any sources or information on dynamic IP addressing is very much appreciated!

Thanks in advance,
Craig Becker

Email:  cbecker@bitnbyte.synapse.net
        (613) 247-0226