It should be noted that if you don't want to set a static IP address for 
your BBA at all,  you can simply hardcode the mac address of your dreamcast 
to some nonsense IP on the local lan and then copy to that. The IP loader 
just listens for any packets coming to its mac address, but with no 
hardcoded IP it will not reply to ARP requests, so if you hardcode the 
IP/MAC combination it will work fine.
-Paul

At 10:10 AM 12/5/2001, you wrote:
>[snip]
> > Do I have to use dhcp? What if I have a static address
> > for the dreamcast in my 192.168.xxx.xxx network?
>
>   You need dhcp server to tell your dreamcast where the file system to
>mount is.  Please note that you want to give fixed address to your DC
>when you use IPslave.  To setup IP address, you need to run "Broadband
>Passport", which comes with BbA.
>
>   Here are steps I take usally:
>
>  0. setup dhcp server and nfs server.
>  1. boot IPslave from CD-R.
>  2. cat netbsd > /p/tcp/dreamcast/4711
>  3. kernel starts. After driver messages, it asks you about root FS.
>     Type as follows:
>
>root device: rtk0
>dump device:                                  (just return)
>file system (default generic): nfs
>
>
>   for dhcp server, my dhcpd.conf has a section like:
>
>host sonic {
>     hardware ethernet xx:yy:zz:aa:bb:cc;
>     option host-name "sonic";
>     fixed-address x.y.z.w
>     next-server nfs-server-name;
>     option root-path "/u0/work/current/dreamcast/dist";
>#   option root-path "/u1/proj/dreamcast/hpcsh-coff-root";
>     option dhcp-max-message-size 1024;
>     option broadcast-address x.y.z.255;
>     option routers x.y.z.1;
>     option domain-name "my.domain";
>     option domain-name-servers x.y.z.1;
>}