> You're using the wrong tool for the job, use an address reservation
> bound to the client MAC on the DHCP server instead.
I don't have an access to the DHCP server side. That's the problem and I'm 
trying to find a way to have the same IP address at any time. The client is 
permanently connected to the network. 

> configuration changes at the server end.
Nobody touches the server end.

On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 21:05:21 +0000
Peter Kay <syllops...@syllopsium.co.uk> wrote:

> On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 at 20:57, Radek <r...@int.pl> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I can't manage to request a specific IP address from DHCP server.  It is 
> > just a testing lab, the requiested IP address (.104) isn't used by any 
> > other client. What I'm doing wrong?
> You're using the wrong tool for the job, use an address reservation
> bound to the client MAC on the DHCP server instead.
> 
> Whether or not requesting an address client side works, at any time it
> could fail due to a change in leases allocated to other clients, or
> configuration changes at the server end. If a specific IP is needed,
> use reservations instead.
> 
> PK
> 


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Radek

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