Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-16 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Carlos E. R. wrote: The Monday 2007-10-15 at 09:31 +0100, G T Smith wrote: ... Static assignment of DHCP addresses is often used to identify which devices are allowed to connect to a network. In an academic institution it is not unknown for

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread Aniruddha
On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 14:47 -0700, joe wrote: Aniruddha wrote: On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 14:34 -0700, joe wrote: Aniruddha wrote: My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip changes with regular intervals. I wonder is it possible reserve one particular ip for

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread Aniruddha
On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 17:22 -0600, John Meyer wrote: I must have gotten into this thread a little too late. Why, exactly, would you want a static ip in a dhcp environment? Sorry for the new question, but it's better than asking people if they prefer top or bottom (not in that way, of course)

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 John Meyer wrote: James Knott wrote: (Ted Harding) wrote: On 14-Oct-07 21:42:59, Aniruddha wrote: On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 14:34 -0700, joe wrote: Aniruddha wrote: My brother get his ip adres through

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread jdd
Aniruddha wrote: Errr, I am afraid not. He just receives his ip adress through dhcp. Ah - in that case, you're at the whims of the local network admins. In most and there may not be enough IP in the net for all the students+workers, so the necessity to use low lease time to solve your

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread Per Jessen
James Knott wrote: While static means unchanging, in a computer network context a static address is one that's manually configured on the computer, as opposed to DHCP, which requires a server. That server can then be configured to always assign the same address or use the next available.

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread Ted Harding
On 15-Oct-07 08:27:01, Aniruddha wrote: On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 17:22 -0600, John Meyer wrote: I must have gotten into this thread a little too late. Why, exactly, would you want a static ip in a dhcp environment? Sorry for the new question, but it's better than asking people if they prefer

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread John Meyer
James Knott wrote: You'd want things like servers, printers and routers to have a consistent address. The two methods are static IP, where the device is specifically configured or reserved IP, where the DHCP server will always assign the same IP to the device. Now that I could definitely

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread Jerome R. Westrick
On Monday 15 October 2007 10:27:01 Aniruddha wrote: On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 17:22 -0600, John Meyer wrote: I must have gotten into this thread a little too late. Why, exactly, would you want a static ip in a dhcp environment? Sorry for the new question, but it's better than asking people if

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread G T Smith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jerome R. Westrick wrote: On Monday 15 October 2007 10:27:01 Aniruddha wrote: On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 17:22 -0600, John Meyer wrote: I must have gotten into this thread a little too late. Why, exactly, would you want a static ip in a dhcp

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread Jos van Kan
(Ted Harding) schreef: On 15-Oct-07 08:27:01, Aniruddha wrote: Lol! I agree 100% ;) The reason I would like a static ip is simple, I use ssh to troubleshoot his system. Therefor it would be handy if his ip didn't change all the time. -- Regards, Aniruddha Ahh! Then get him to email

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread James Knott
(Ted Harding) wrote: Ahh! Then get him to email you whenever he starts a new session (this could even be set up as a task for when his system starts up). You should be able to find out the IP address he is mailing from, from the headers in the email. (For example, your localhost is

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread James Knott
John Meyer wrote: James Knott wrote: You'd want things like servers, printers and routers to have a consistent address. The two methods are static IP, where the device is specifically configured or reserved IP, where the DHCP server will always assign the same IP to the device.

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread Aniruddha
On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 07:28 -0400, James Knott wrote: (Ted Harding) wrote: Ahh! Then get him to email you whenever he starts a new session (this could even be set up as a task for when his system starts up). You should be able to find out the IP address he is mailing from, from the

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread Aniruddha
On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 12:36 +0200, Jos van Kan wrote: (For example, your localhost is 192.168.2.167, and you are connected to wanadoo.nl as 85.144.207.123). There's a tool that does exactly that, sshipup. http://www.info-techs.com/download.shtml It also lets you put it somewhere on a

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread Richard Creighton
]) by mwinf6209.orange.nl (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 5E29F1C00085; Mon, 15 Oct 2007 14:14:28 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress? From: Aniruddha [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jos van Kan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: opensuse@opensuse.org In-Reply

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread James Knott
Aniruddha wrote: On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 12:36 +0200, Jos van Kan wrote: (For example, your localhost is 192.168.2.167, and you are connected to wanadoo.nl as 85.144.207.123). There's a tool that does exactly that, sshipup. http://www.info-techs.com/download.shtml It also lets you

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread Ansgar Esztermann
On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 11:28:31PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote: My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip changes with regular intervals. I wonder is it possible reserve one particular ip for his machine and if so how do I do this? I guess it should be possible to do

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread Per Jessen
Ansgar Esztermann wrote: On Sun, Oct 14, 2007 at 11:28:31PM +0200, Aniruddha wrote: My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip changes with regular intervals. I wonder is it possible reserve one particular ip for his machine and if so how do I do this? I

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread Sloan
Aniruddha wrote: Lol! I agree 100% ;) The reason I would like a static ip is simple, I use ssh to troubleshoot his system. Therefor it would be handy if his ip didn't change all the time. Oh, is that all you need? There are ways to make it's IP known to you when it changes. I'm not sure how

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Monday 2007-10-15 at 09:31 +0100, G T Smith wrote: ... Static assignment of DHCP addresses is often used to identify which devices are allowed to connect to a network. In an academic institution it is not unknown for students (or staff for

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-15 Thread John Meyer
James Knott wrote: John Meyer wrote: James Knott wrote: You'd want things like servers, printers and routers to have a consistent address. The two methods are static IP, where the device is specifically configured or reserved IP, where the DHCP server will always assign the

[opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread Aniruddha
My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip changes with regular intervals. I wonder is it possible reserve one particular ip for his machine and if so how do I do this? -- Regards, Aniruddha Please adhere to the OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread joe
Aniruddha wrote: My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip changes with regular intervals. I wonder is it possible reserve one particular ip for his machine and if so how do I do this? Sure - are you the admin of the dhcp server? Joe -- To unsubscribe,

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread James Knott
Aniruddha wrote: My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip changes with regular intervals. I wonder is it possible reserve one particular ip for his machine and if so how do I do this? It is possible, but it has to be done at the dhcp server, where an IP

RE: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
-Original Message- From: Aniruddha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 5:29 PM To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress? My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip changes with regular intervals

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread Aniruddha
On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 14:34 -0700, joe wrote: Aniruddha wrote: My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip changes with regular intervals. I wonder is it possible reserve one particular ip for his machine and if so how do I do this? Sure - are you the

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread joe
Aniruddha wrote: On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 14:34 -0700, joe wrote: Aniruddha wrote: My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip changes with regular intervals. I wonder is it possible reserve one particular ip for his machine and if so how do I do this? Sure - are

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread James Knott
Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: -Original Message- From: Aniruddha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 5:29 PM To: opensuse@opensuse.org Subject: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress? My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread Anders Johansson
On Sunday 14 October 2007 23:48:10 James Knott wrote: Static IP's are entirely separate from a dhcp server. A dhcp server can be configured to reserve a specific IP address for a given MAC address. I'm not sure what you mean by separate from, but don't confuse dynamic host configuration with

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread Bryen
On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 23:28 +0200, Aniruddha wrote: My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip changes with regular intervals. I wonder is it possible reserve one particular ip for his machine and if so how do I do this? The whole point of DHCP is that the

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread James Knott
Anders Johansson wrote: On Sunday 14 October 2007 23:48:10 James Knott wrote: Static IP's are entirely separate from a dhcp server. A dhcp server can be configured to reserve a specific IP address for a given MAC address. I'm not sure what you mean by separate from, but don't

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread Anders Johansson
On Monday 15 October 2007 00:43:26 James Knott wrote: A static address, where the computer is manually configured with an address does not require a dhcp server. This is different from when the dhcp server is configured to reserve a specific IP for a given MAC address. In this situation, a

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread Ted Harding
On 14-Oct-07 21:42:59, Aniruddha wrote: On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 14:34 -0700, joe wrote: Aniruddha wrote: My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip changes with regular intervals. I wonder is it possible reserve one particular ip for his machine and if so

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread James Knott
Anders Johansson wrote: On Monday 15 October 2007 00:43:26 James Knott wrote: A static address, where the computer is manually configured with an address does not require a dhcp server. This is different from when the dhcp server is configured to reserve a specific IP for a given MAC

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread James Knott
(Ted Harding) wrote: On 14-Oct-07 21:42:59, Aniruddha wrote: On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 14:34 -0700, joe wrote: Aniruddha wrote: My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip changes with regular intervals. I wonder is it possible reserve one

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread John Meyer
James Knott wrote: (Ted Harding) wrote: On 14-Oct-07 21:42:59, Aniruddha wrote: On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 14:34 -0700, joe wrote: Aniruddha wrote: My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his ip changes with regular

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread James Knott
John Meyer wrote: I must have gotten into this thread a little too late. Why, exactly, would you want a static ip in a dhcp environment? Sorry for the new question, but it's better than asking people if they prefer top or bottom (not in that way, of course) ;-) You'd want things like

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread Carlos E. R.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The Sunday 2007-10-14 at 23:51 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Say he gets a particular IP address one time. Let him note that, and configure his own machine to have that IP address statically configured in his machine (this may involve setting up

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread Joe Morris (NTM)
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

Re: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?

2007-10-14 Thread James Knott
Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: 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