The D in DHCP is for Dynamic which is not Static. Two approaches what could be considered "static" IP addresses... One is to max out the DHCP lease time in the device (router/server) that is "serving" out the DCHP addresses so that the address will never change once obtained by the requesting "host" (client) system. This is a 99.9% solution and it still possible to loose what one thought was a "fixed" IP address assignment given events that might flush the DHCP assignment table or a new network card since DHCP locks its IP address "lease" on the mac address of the network card. The other approach is to reserve addresses on the subnet within the subnet mask provided by your ISP and make real static IP addresse assignments. The next question might be public vs. private IP addresses and how you are going to make your "private" IP addressed systems visable on the "public" IP network, such as a web server, if you need to do so. Ed Harrison wrote:
** Reply to message from Cliff Sarginson
on Sat, 22 Sep 2001 09:39:13 +0200 # Remember # 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?
I have a Linksys Router/Switch that has DHCP and I would love to be able to assign static IP addresses to each piece of equipment on my home network. I have 2 desktops, 1 laptop, 2 printers and 2 scanners.
Please tell that it is easy.
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