DHCP and router configuration

[Marius Gedminas]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 08:15:51AM +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> Ubuntu Server 9.10 or 9.04, no GUI.
> 
> If the router (wired consumer Linksys model) is configured to always
> serve a specific address to the server, does DHCP have to be disabled
> on the server?

No: if the server asks for an address over DHCP, your router will answer
with the specific address you configured.

> If not, will disabling DCHP cause any harm?

Not really.  It will make your network more robust in the unlikely event
that the server boots when your router is down (and thus not giving out
DHCP addresses).  On the downside, now there are two paces to configure
the server's IP address: on the server _and_ on the router.  Then again
why would you want to change the server's IP?

Marius Gedminas
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