Re: [WinMac] Re: fixed IP numbers in a DHCP range
Romeyn Prescott(prescor[at]potsdam.edu)
> >On Fri, 29 Jan 1999, Michael Eilon wrote: > >> At 8:32 PM -0500 28/1/99, Alex Dearden wrote: >> >> It's bad practice to "nail" an IP address in a DHCP environment, >> >>because >> >>if you take the device offline and the address lease expires, and then you >> >>bring the device back online you'll have two devices with the same IP >> >>address... And all hell breaks loose. >> > >> >So, increase the time of the lease. If NT needs an IP address and there >> >is a reserved address but the device is offline. It'll use that address. >> >> Forgive me if I'm being dense, but why not simply have the DHCP server >> reserve IP numbers based on the ethernet address of the device? >> >That is the technique that I suggest also. It works very well. > >Tim Scoff >casper@nb.net >
This is what we do too. I can't imagine it being any other way. This
...ROMeyn
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