David Wright said: > > > I have also thought of trying to make the workstations diskless and > using DHCP -- but then how can I give each machine a fixed name and > IP address?
i can't give a good answer for the rest but this one is easy. on my home network i tell dhcp to assign static ips via MAC address: host defiant { hardware ethernet 00:60:97:EF:DB:0B; fixed-address defiant.aphroland.org; } host aphro { hardware ethernet 00:90:27:9B:16:D6; fixed-address aphro.aphroland.org; } host shadow { hardware ethernet 00:50:04:E9:40:A6; fixed-address shadow.aphroland.org; } im not sure if fixed-address will take an IP or not, the examples i saw all took hostnames so you may have to have DNS setup .. it works though. assigns the same ip every time. i take the machine to the office and i have my dhcp server there setup to do the same..so i always get the same ip. nate