I've done both... Assigned a reservation via DHCP, and assigned the address on the server statically.
Several benefits to this approach: 1. If you have to reset the machine in some way, it can pick up its' address dynamically. Also allow the server to be PXE booted if you have WDS or some other network boot solution that depends on DHCP. 2. It stops you from reserving the address for something else accidentally. Windows DHCP will bark if the address is already reserved. If you only set the address statically, the DHCP server would be happy to "reserve" that IP for something else. 3. Performing a reservation and a static does not harm to the network. --Matt Ross Ephrata School District ----- Original Message ----- From: Ben Schorr [mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com] To: NT System Admin Issues [mailto:ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] Sent: Mon, 24 Jan 2011 13:33:54 -0800 Subject: RE: DHCP reservations explained... > We always prefer static addresses for servers. One less variable when > we're troubleshooting later. > > > > Ben M. Schorr > Chief Executive Officer > ______________________________________________ > Roland Schorr & Tower > www.rolandschorr.com <http://www.rolandschorr.com/> > b...@rolandschorr.com <mailto:b...@rolandschorr.com> > > > > From: Candee [mailto:can...@gmail.com] > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 09:40 > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: DHCP reservations explained... > > > > I use static addresses for my servers. > > I also have my pool start at say x.x.x.100, so I know the address won't > be assigned elsewhere. > > On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Jonathan <ncm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hmmm... interesting concept. I personally prefer static addressing > assigned on each individual server. Though I could see the appeal of > using DHCP, I don't have enough confidence in DHCP to use it for server > addressing. Just my $0.02 > > On Jan 18, 2011 2:06 PM, "David Lum" <david....@nwea.org> wrote: > > The other day someone commented that it seemed like a bit much that > 50% of my 100-ish servers have DHCP reservations - driving home > yesterday I realized another reason why I have it that way (because yes, > I chew on these questions and constantly evaluate why I do some process > or another) - because my fellow SE's have their server monitoring set up > to look at specific IP's instead of hostnames and I am unable to > convince them otherwise. If the server IP changes it hoses their tests > and the dependencies. > > > > It's not how I set *MY* monitoring up for servers I maintain, but I > have posted that question here in fact and have seen differing opinions > on weather hostname or IP is preferred. > > > > David Lum // SYSTEMS ENGINEER > > NORTHWEST EVALUATION ASSOCIATION > > (Desk) 503.548.5229 // (Cell) 503.267.9764 > > > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > > > --- > > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
