On Saturday 22 Apr 2017 00:45:31 Mick wrote: > On Saturday 22 Apr 2017 00:08:25 Peter Humphrey wrote: > > On Friday 21 Apr 2017 13:39:52 Neil Bothwick wrote: > > > I was referring to the situation where you use the DHCP server to give > > > out pseudo-static addresses. I have always used addresses outside of, > > > but > > > in the same subnet as, the reserved range. The reserved range just > > > tells > > > the DHCP server which addresses to use in the absence of any other > > > specifications. > > > > Eh? How do you do that? You tell the router what range of addresses it > > can use, then you tell it to use one outside that range? Can't be done > > - if I've understood you. > > I understood Neil to mean: > > You pre-allocate IP addresses to specific MAC addresses for a range of > e.g. 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.10. Any new comers with MAC addresses not > in the DHCP address allocation table will then obtain IP addresses > outside this defined range. Some routers also allow you to specify the > range within which DHCP addresses will be allocated. So you can set > static address allocation outside said range.
Ah. Then he's describing a setup much like my own. I just didn't read it right the first time. -- Regards Peter
