On 4/29/2013 9:23 AM, Per Jessen wrote:
I thought this part of the thread was about dynamically updating DNS, which is supported by the dhcp server.
If you wish to assign an IP-address (and optionally a hostname) based on the MAC-address of the client:
host jknott { hardware ethernet aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff; fixed-address 1.2.3.4; }
Per, the thread is hopelessly confused at this point, but your recommendation is exactly what those of us running our own DHCP server do to avoid configuring devices for static IPs. (I made the RASH assertion that there is no valid use case for manually configured static IPs in the modern world. This is easy for me to say, because I've ran DHCP from my Linux server for years). We got side tracked on ways to do this via routers for those people NOT wanting to run their own DHCP server, and who therefore resort to statics IPs simply to be able to find things like printers or such. Most (but not all) modern off the shelf routers do allow such reservations, although the find-by-name capability is still not always found in off the shelf routers. -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org