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Chapter 3

DHCP Binding

When you conﬁgure a Mac OS X computer to locate its parent using DHCP binding, the

parent’s IP address and NetInfo tag are provided by a DHCP server rather than using

information you enter using Directory Setup. To use DHCP binding, you must ﬁrst

conﬁgure a DHCP server to provide this information.

Use this procedure to conﬁgure a Mac OS X computer to use DHCP binding:

Conﬁgure a DHCP server to provide the IP address and NetInfo tag of the parent domain. If

the DHCP server is hosted by a Mac OS X Server, use these steps.

aOn the Mac OS X Server hosting the DHCP server, open Server Admin and log in as a

server administrator.

bClick the Network tab, click DHCP/NetBoot, and choose Conﬁgure DHCP.

cSelect a subnet, then click Edit.

dClick the NetInfo tab.

eIn the NetInfo Tag ﬁeld, enter the NetInfo tag of the parent domain you are setting up

binding for.

fIn the NetInfo Parents ﬁeld, enter the IP address of the computer on which the parent

domain resides.

gClick Save.

2On the Mac OS X computer for which you want to conﬁgure binding, open Directory Setup.

Click the lock icon and log in as the local administrator.

3Select NetInfo and click Conﬁgure.

4Choose “Attempt to connect using DHCP protocol.”

5Click OK.

6Restart the computer.

Broadcast Binding

This technique is the default if multiple binding options are not conﬁgured. The two

computers that need to bind must be on the same subnet or on a LAN conﬁgured for IP

broadcast forwarding. Also, the parent domain must have the NetInfo tag “network.”

Follow these steps to conﬁgure a Mac OS X computer to bind to a parent domain using

broadcast binding:

1Add a machine record for the Mac OS X computer to the parent you want it to bind to:

aOpen NetInfo Manager on the computer where the parent domain resides, then open

the domain.

bClick the lock icon and log in using the user name and password speciﬁed when the

domain was created.