Re: I might be asking for DHCP support, but I'm not sure

[Matt Burkhardt <mlb imparisystems com>]

On Fri, 2008-05-09 at 22:55 +1200, Simon Geard wrote:
> 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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Thanks everybody!  I looked into my router's software capabilities and set it up so that the MAC address on the server is always assigned the same number.  Works like a charm.

I know this was a little off topic - but do appreciate the pointers.

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