Mac OS X DHCP server configuration and usage.txt

Mac OS X DHCP Server configuration and usage

* NOTE: I can't take credit for this, I stole it from somewhere but can't remember

- Plug in USB to Ethernet cable and manually set IP address to 192.168.33.1 and Subnet to 255.255.255.0 using network preferences dialog

- Plug in and power on the Livox-Mid40 and ensure that the ethernet connection is established, as shown in network preferences

- Run ifconfig to determine the name of the ethernet network, in the example below it is en7

- Create /etc/bootpd.plist file with the following content, entering the network name (ex.en7) where required

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/PropertyList-1.0.dtd">
<plist version="1.0">
<dict>
    <key>bootp_enabled</key>
    <false/>
    <key>detect_other_dhcp_server</key>
    <integer>1</integer>
    <key>dhcp_enabled</key>
    <array>
        <string>en7</string>
    </array>
    <key>reply_threshold_seconds</key>
    <integer>0</integer>
    <key>Subnets</key>
    <array>
        <dict>
            <key>allocate</key>
            <true/>
            <key>lease_max</key>
            <integer>86400</integer>
            <key>lease_min</key>
            <integer>86400</integer>
            <key>name</key>
            <string>192.168.33</string>
            <key>net_address</key>
            <string>192.168.33.0</string>
            <key>net_mask</key>
            <string>255.255.255.0</string>
            <key>net_range</key>
            <array>
                <string>192.168.33.2</string>
                <string>192.168.33.254</string>
            </array>
        </dict>
    </array>
</dict>
</plist>

- Run this command to start the DHCP server, sudo /bin/launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/bootps.plist

- Use the auto_connect() function in openpylivox to connect to the sensor

- If desired, use the setStaticIP() function in openpylivox to fix the IP address (make sure to reboot the sensor and reconfigure the computer IP address)

- Run this command to stop the DHCP server, sudo /bin/launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/bootps.plist