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[joe <joe@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Aniruddha wrote:
> On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 14:34 -0700, joe wrote:
>> Aniruddha wrote:
>>> 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?
>> Sure - are you the admin of the dhcp server?
>>
>> Joe
>>
> 
> 
> Errr, I am afraid not. He just receives his ip adress through dhcp. 

Ah - in that case, you're at the whims of the local network admins. In most
situations I've seen, the address will remain with a machine as long as the
lease is renewed regularly. If it's unplugged for the weekend though, all bets
are off come Monday morning.

Joe
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