On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 15:56 -0500, Aaron Konstam wrote: > On Thu, 2008-05-08 at 14:04 -0400, Dan Williams wrote: > > Right; this is normal for DHCP depending on which client requests > > addresses at which times. If your laptop requests an address before the > > desktop, the laptop will generally get the lower address. > > > That is interesting because on my home network all machines get the same > address no matter in which order they are turned on. Does it continue to do so if the DHCP server is restarted? I imagine it's probably an implementation detail - whenever possible, try to assign a given MAC address the same IP it had previously. My DSL router does this, but may allocate different IPs after being restarted. Simon.
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