On Sun, 2012-12-09 at 14:11 -0700, Bob Proulx wrote: > > http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-reference/ch05.en.html#_the_basic_network_configuration_with_ifupdown_legacy > > P.P.S. Unanswered Question: Since the PXE boot used dhcp to obtain an > address that means there is a limited lease time for that address > before it should be renewed. But doing the above won't start a > dhclient and won't ever renew the address. Plus if the address ever > were to change it would break the nfs diskless system. Since an nfs > diskless system by definition must remain active on the network > throughout its lifetime it will always be visible to the dhcpd daemon. > The dhcpd will ping the address after the lease has expired and before > assigning it again and will notice that it is still in use and will > avoid assigning that address to another client. That is why this > works. I wonder if there is a way to launch a dhcp client in such a > way that it keep the existing IP address renewed but won't ever bring > the interface down or up. There is almost certainly a combination of > options or dhcp clients that will perform that function. But since > things are fully functional at this point with the above configuration > researching that future perfect combination is a task for another day. In my case the dhcp server recognizes the card and assigns it a fixed IP.
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