From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Feb 27 19:30:01 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 879E216A4D6 for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:30:01 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www6.web2010.com (www6.web2010.com [216.157.5.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AFD243D31 for ; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:30:01 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from MLandman@face2interface.com) Received: from Delliver.face2interface.com (inoc202-203.veranet.net [216.238.202.203] (may be forged)) by www6.web2010.com (8.12.10/8.9.0) with ESMTP id j1RJTNYr007939; Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:29:30 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.0.20050227140903.01ea7c80@mail.face2interface.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.0.14 Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 14:29:46 -0500 To: Jonathan Chen From: Marty Landman In-Reply-To: <20050227182510.GB44504@osiris.chen.org.nz> References: <6.2.0.14.0.20050225125247.02e6d948@mail.face2interface.com> <20050225222750.GA59300@osiris.chen.org.nz> <6.2.0.14.0.20050226210252.01e3f710@mail.face2interface.com> <20050227043219.GA28882@osiris.chen.org.nz> <6.2.0.14.0.20050227114521.02df9eb0@mail.face2interface.com> <20050227182510.GB44504@osiris.chen.org.nz> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ip addr changes on 5.3 but not on 4.8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 27 Feb 2005 19:30:01 -0000 At 01:25 PM 2/27/2005, Jonathan Chen wrote: >On Sun, Feb 27, 2005 at 11:46:47AM -0500, Marty Landman wrote: > > > Ok, then the reason my DHCP server on my XP gateway would have to be > > discriminating between the boxes since it's consistently only happening to > > one box and not the other. > >Correct. It is possible to set up DHCP servers so that the IP address >given out to clients is based on the MAC address of each network >device. That sure sounds like what your DHCP is doing. It's odd that this only happens on one of three 'nix boxes on my LAN. Besides the fbsd 4.8 also have a rh9 and both have had very stable ip addr's. The only thing I edit on the xp gateway is the %system%\drivers\etc\hosts file to map names to the ip's that appear to be assigned by the gateway itself, i.e. I let the gateway assign an ip, then ping by name to get the ip for mapping on the gateway host file. Well I'm more interested in moving my gateway to fbsd than in learning the intricacies of windows ip assignments so maybe it's time to file this under 'interesting, but not worth pursuing now'. Marty Marty Landman, Face 2 Interface Inc. 845-679-9387 Search & Sort Easily: http://face2interface.com/Products/FormATable.shtml Web Installed Formmail: http://face2interface.com/formINSTal