Clint Tinsley wrote:
The D in DHCP is for Dynamic which is not Static. Two approaches what could be considered "static" IP addresses...
The dynamic part is not dynamic address selection, but dynamic configuration. It's purpose is to configure every machine on the network from one source instead of configuring each machine.
One is to max out the DHCP lease time in the device (router/server) that
The other approach is to reserve addresses on the subnet within the subnet mask provided by your ISP and make real static IP addresse
The ISC DHCP server will ALWAYS give the same address to the same MAC address if it is available (and it reserves it until all others are used up). I do know some providers are misusing DHCP to intentionally change IPs to keep people from web hosting on their net. There is also a fixed address argument to do just that, dynamically configure with a fixed address that never changes (because its address is not in the 'dynamic range'.
# that DHCP can be configured to always give the same address to # particular hosts.
How does one get DHCP to give out the same address to a particular host?
Check man dhcpd.conf, and look for fixed address. Basically, assign it in /etc/dhcpd.conf and make sure the address is not in the 'dynamic' range. -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris "All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen." --Ralph Waldo Emerson