On Wednesday 23 January 2008, Allen Weiner wrote: > I run Fedora 7 on my desktop PC and use Verizon DSL. My DSL modem is a > Westell 6100-E90 modem/router. > > Last November, I wanted my PC to have a statically assigned IP address > instead of having an IP address assigned by DHCP. I used the Fedora > network GUI and selected "statically set IP address". The alternative, > "automatically obtain IP address with DHCP" is unchecked. > > My modem/router has a configuration screen for "IP address > distribution". This screen has default settings: "DHCP server enable" > is selected and DHCP lease time is 1 day. In November, when I configured > for static IP, I was unaware of this screen, so it was left in its > default state.
That's all fine. > Could any problems arise from configuring static IP in Fedora but > leaving the router DHCP server enabled? For example, might the router be > doing something to the IP address when the lease time expires? The only thing to watch out for is that you give Fedora an IP address that's outside of the range of the IPs handed out via DHCP from the router. I.E. say the start of the DHCP range is 192.168.1.20; if that's the case then you should give Fedora an IP that's below that range. If you don't, then if you have a visitor plug into the LAN and they get DHCP, there's a chance that the router won't notice your Fedora box using an IP and thus assign it to the visitor, causing an IP conflict. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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