comp.os.linux.networking

Isc's Dhcpd (which comes with every linux dist) will allow you to have
different subnet ranges on a per interface basis.

Do that, let the cameras get all different IP's. Then enable routing on
the linux machine so all the cameras can get to the box as the one ip
address.

Dean

>
> Personal opinion - if you really must use a setup with one camera per
> Ethernet interface, and can't use static addresses, fix your DHCP server
> to hand out addresses based on MAC Address, and set host routes on the
> individual interfaces. This will not solve your multicast problem. If
> you can tolerate having all cameras on one interface (your PCI bus is
> still likely to be the bottleneck no matter which way you go), that
> would be the desired solution.
>
> Old guy

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