Michael Hunter <[email protected]> writes: > On Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:13:16 -0500 > Harry Putnam <[email protected]> wrote: > > [...] >> But the addressing for the local machines is static (always the >> same). At least that is my aim. >> >> On my two osol machines I have been faking it by setting the lan >> router to serve specific dhcp addresses to specific MAC address on the >> local machines, thru its dhcp service. So (in effect) I have a static >> number I know will be the address for each of the two machines. >> >> That seemed like kind of a confusing way to arrive at static IP >> numbers so I decided to change over to real static addressing. > [...] > > I think you are confusing the style of mapping of addresses between > layer 2 and layer 3 and how you distribute those mappings. > Distributing static mappings via sneaker net is no more static then > distributing static mappings via DHCP. The tradeoff is that sneaker > net is easier to do in small networks but doesn't scale.
I'm not sure what you mean here... there is no `wearing out of sneakers' running between hosts in my scheme. Unless you mean the initial setup of a static address, which does require being at the machine? But its a one time adventure. _______________________________________________ networking-discuss mailing list [email protected]
