> On Sat, 2 Aug 2003, Niels Bakker wrote: > > > > > [E.B. Dreger writes] > > >> Assign unchanging IP address based on MAC address. Done/done. > > > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [Sat 02 Aug 2003, 20:28 CEST]: > > > And quadrupple your techsupport costs? Thanks, but no thanks. > > > > For always assigning the same IP address to a customer? Why would this > > increase support costs? > > especially done via dhcp... you could probably even automate getting new > ips from a dynamic pool and slapping them into permanent assignments.
Rubbish. If you do that, you lose all the benefits. Also, when a customer's son/daugter/computer-expert-from-chubb-institute-friend does something and it breaks your lovely system you will not just increase your tech support costs, but also will lose the customer. Alex
