[WinMac] Re: DHCP: to be or not to be? (WinMac Digest #282 - 04/12/99)

David McKnight(dmcknight[at]fleetwood.com)
Tue, 13 Apr 1999 15:17:25 -0500

LESLEY:

We've just implemented within the last couple of months at our
corporate campus.
I currently have five Mac users and eight Wintel users in my department (I use
both, but predominantly Mac), and have had no problems whatsoever -- before
implementing DHCP on the Macs, our IS department tested the system. Their plan
was to maintain static IP addresses on the Macs (in a majority PC
environment on
campus) if DHCP became problematic.

In our department, we're running OS 8.0, 8.1 and 8.5 on the Macs -- all with
OpenTransport.

Our Fiery XJ server was given a new static IP address.

I think the key is to do like our guys did, and go in with an open mind, rather
than forcing everything to work under one standard.

DAVID

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> Subject: DHCP: to be or not to be?
> From: Lesley Vita <lesley.vita@darwin.ntu.edu.au>
> Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 21:51:04 -0500
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> Hi all,
>
> My university is slowly shifting to DHCP from static IPs at the behest of
> our support staff. I can accept that life is easier for them (or they think
> it will be) under DHCP, but what's in it for us users?
>
> We have the usual 10baseT TCP/IP network with multiple subnets and mixed
> Mac and PC platforms. Servers are NT, Novell and Unix.
>
> From my reading of this and other lists, I foresee problems for users. I'm
> particularly concerned about Mac users (of which I am one). So do we (PC
> and Mac users) gain or lose by this change? All informed opinions and
> experiences are welcome as I'd like to garner views from all sides of the
> issue.
>
> Regards,
>
> Lesley Vita

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