Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4244 mails)

["Michael S. Dunsavage" <mikesd@xxxxxxx>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Aniruddha [mailto:mailing_list@xxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 5:29 PM
> To: opensuse@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?
> 
> My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his
> ip changes with regular intervals. I wonder is it possible reserve one
> particular ip for his machine and if so how do I do this?
> 


It is possible, however not your end. What you are referring to is a called
a static IP. I assume you would have to talk to the Administrator of the
network at the college. You would most likely have to give reasons why you
would need this. I doubt the admin will give in.


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