IP Address Problems

[James Tappin]

On Mon, 9 Jan 2006 12:20:05 +0000
dan <hentaidan at gmail.com> wrote:

D> >
D> > With DHCP your IP will change it means Dynamic Host Configuration
D> > Protocol  a contrario or static IP (where your IP don't change)
D> 
D> Thats what I thought, but I think they are using some sort of MAC
D> address based IP restriction. (I can only have one MAC address
D> connected, and my IP address has remained 'static' before)

It's certainly possible to configure DHCP to use a fixed MAC <-> IP
mapping, rather than having a pool of IP addresses. This can be useful
where it's easier to maintain the list of IP addresses in one place (the
DHCP server), but users need fixed machine names/numbers to connect
remotely. 

James

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