On Wed, 07 Jul 2004 09:55:00 -0400 Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lee Wiggers wrote: > > In my lan can I assign a fixed ip to one box and leave the > > others on dhcp? > > > > Lee > > Lee; The easiest way to do this is to assign a narrow range of > addresses handed out by your dhcp server, and use a static IP > address that is not in that range for your machine that needs the > static IP. > > I usually avoid dhcp as much as possible, but when needed, i only > set my range up so that it can hand out 1 or 2 extra addresses > than I actually need, in case a couple of gamers show up, or I > have to work on a client's PC which would otherwise be directly > connected to the Internet. > > That way, I don't have a bunch of extra leases and addresses > running around my network, and I can maintain a large block of > static IP's for everything else. > > HTH > > Lanman > > That makes sense. Narrow the range for dhcp to something over max workstations and assign numbers outside that range. Then as I get around to everyone I can narrow down to just a couple dhcp for laptops, etc.
Thanks Lee
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