Even simpler, have the default scope force a very short lease time. So after dhcpd.conf is updated within seconds they will have their new lease. No contact or input required by the end user. Then a little programming to create a mechanism that can automate the process so no input required by myself. So like I said obtaining the MAC and registering is arbitrary and of no concern to my question. -- Thanks, Shawn On Mon, 2008-05-12 at 14:48 -0700, John Andersen wrote:
On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 2:29 PM, Sam Clemens
wrote: I wasn't talking about CPU resources, I was talking about HIM... having to go around from machine to machine to collect MAC addresses...and then type them in.
Sam, the dhcp server collects them for you.
Hook up new machine. After it boots it will have an entry in your dhcp leases file complete with mac address, and machine name.
Edit dhcp config file and Copy copy paste paste, Done.
Tell user to re-boot and they have your newly assigned static IP reserved for them at the dhcp server.
This stuff is so simple even $50 wireless routers have this capability built in.
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