On Saturday 27 July 2002 01.00, Nick Selby wrote:
but is that really all I can do?
No, you could also set up the network with static IP addresses. The point is that if the DHCP server is broken and only hands out addresses sporadically, it needs to be bypassed somehow.
If I decide to go with that solution, how would this work? I set up the dhcp server on my Linux machine (dreading it, but okay) - Can this be done in Yast?
Not that I can see, but webmin has a plugin for dhcp server configuration if you want a setup tool.
What happens to the machines on the network when I take my notebook out and go fishing?
If you're running the dhcp server on the notebook then the machines that are turned on will keep running, but new machines won't get addresses, since there isn't a dhcp server to get them from. I was thinking more along the lines of getting a cheap 486 or P1 that sits in a closet somewhere and handles the network services. //Anders