On Nov 29, 2023, gene heskett wrote: > On 11/29/23 20:20, John Hasler wrote: > > Gene writes: > > > I've been told that /etc/network/interfaces is not the "today way" to > > > do it. > > > > It works fine. > > > > > Then [dhcp is] something else I'll have to maintain as my network > > > grows, > > > > A changing network is exactly what dhcp is for. With it you will not > > need to do anything when you add a machine. > Does it always lock the address to that MAC? ISTR a time long ago when it > didn't.
Not by default. It certainly /can/ though. I can't say it's been available "forever", but reservations for specific MAC addresses have been available for the last 20 years. Noting, of course, that just because a network has a DHCP pool, you don't _have_ to use it for all hosts. For example here, I have all "servers" and network hardware set up with static addresses outside the DHCP Pool, then a pool for mobile devices (phones / tablets / etc.) and obviously anything "new" that gets added. -- |_|O|_| |_|_|O| Github: https://github.com/dpurgert |O|O|O| PGP: DDAB 23FB 19FA 7D85 1CC1 E067 6D65 70E5 4CE7 2860
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