Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 13:00:16 -0500 (CDT) From: "Jasper O'Malley" <jooji@webnology.com> To: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: setting up ethernet interface Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.02.9810071251390.978-100000@mercury.webnology.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.981007074039.19668c-100000@ds9.dreamhaven.org>
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On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Bryce Newall wrote:
> You mean dynamic IP, right? Static IP and DHCP are contradictory. :)
Not entirely. You can set up a DHCP server to provide particular fixed IP
addresses to particular clients, based on the client-identifier or MAC
address of the client's address request. The reason you'd do something
like this is to give your workstations permanent IP addresses that can be
changed from a central location.
> You shouldn't need to know the address of the gateway; the DHCP client
> will discover that automatically.
Again, not necessarily. You probably *should* always send a default
gateway to a DHCP client, but it all depends on the options set in the
DHCP scope. It's moot anyways, though, since the previous poster will more
likely than not be getting a default gateway assignment from the DHCP
server on his school network.
Cheers,
Mick
The Reverend Jasper P. O'Malley dotdot:jooji@webnology.com
Systems Administrator ringring:asktheadmiral
Webnology, LLC woowoo:http://www.webnology.com/~jooji
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