On 10/15/2007 08:03 AM, Carlos E. R. wrote: > The dhcp server may not know that one of the IPs it has for the giving > some one has stolen already and is using it. Chances are the dhcp > server may give it to a second machine and break havoc. Actually, a dhcp server pings the address BEFORE giving it out to make sure it is not already in use. If someone had an address already in use set statically and plugged into the network, there will be confusion and one cease to work, and it will set off an arp warning. I should say this is how the ISC dhcp server works, and I believe it conforms to the relative RFC. I would not be sure if it is an MS dhcp server. > To do it correctly, at home, say, is to take note of the range of IPs > that will be assigned by the dhcp server (it is configurable) and what > IPs can be given as fixed. When you need a fixed IP, you take it from > the range of fixed IPs that the dhcp server will not meddle with. > That is of course best practice. Still it is possible to configure a set IP address with a DHCP server based on MAC address, useful mostly with servers, i.e print servers, file servers, etc. For the OP, it is impossible as a user. It is an admin function only.
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