On 4/18/06, Gregory K. Ruiz-Ade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> DHCP as implemented in just about every single NAT/firewall/router
> box you can buy these days only allows ephemeral IP addresses. A few
> may allow you to statically assign an address based on MAC of the
> client, but I haven't seen these with my own eyes.
>
> I'm assuming it's the "DHCP means ephemeral IP addresses" that he's
> balking at.
At least three of the consumer-grade NAT/firewall/router/WAP boxes
that have passed through my hands in the past few years could be
configured to statically assign IP addresses based on MAC. These are
Linksys BEFW11S4, Netgear FM114P, Netgear WGR614.
carl
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