[NBLUG/talk] [OT?] Static DHCP leases from a LinkSys router?

[matt]

I see what you're saying regarding the laptop. That makes sense for your 
situation (assigning an IP per her MAC address?), because I know it would 
drive her crazy if it were set up with a static IP, and then she couldn't 
figure out why in the hell her laptop couldn't connect to her friend's 
network =).

In the case of servers (as per the original question), servers should *always* 
be set with a static IP so they don't start switching in the middle of the 
night and take down your network. And luckily, they don't move too often 
(some grow legs, but those are rare cases), so their settings shouldn't need 
to be changed that often.

On Friday 21 April 2006 12:59, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 21, 2006 at 12:54:19PM -0700, matt wrote:
> > "Static DHCP assignments" are kind of an oxymoron. Either you use the
> > DHCP and have the IPs assigned dynamically, or you configure the machine
> > (not the router) to use a static IP. If you don't want your IP to change
> > every so often (id est, when the lease runs out), configure it to use a
> > static IP like .5 or something (as everyone else has mentioned). You
> > should never even have to touch the router.
>
> I set my house with with static DHCP assignments so that outsiders can come
> in and plug in laptops/etc. and get on the network easily...  which can
> be done w/o doing static DHCP for the household machines, of course.
>
> But more importantly, I set my wife's laptop up to _always_ ask for an IP
> address over DHCP.  So when she's at a friend's house, she can get online
> w/o doing much of anything.  But when she's at home, she's always
> guaranteed the same IP address, so I can get in/out of her machine remotely
> for admin purposes, and so that she can get access to priveledge things on
> the LAN, such as printer and scanner...
>
> But...  I'm no network guru, so maybe this was a stupid decision. ;)
>
> -bill!
>
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Valê,
Matt
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