Aniruddha wrote: > On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 14:34 -0700, joe wrote: >> Aniruddha wrote: >>> My brother get his ip adres through DHCP from a large college lan, his >>> ip changes with regular intervals. I wonder is it possible reserve one >>> particular ip for his machine and if so how do I do this? >> Sure - are you the admin of the dhcp server? >> >> Joe >> > > > Errr, I am afraid not. He just receives his ip adress through dhcp.
Ah - in that case, you're at the whims of the local network admins. In most situations I've seen, the address will remain with a machine as long as the lease is renewed regularly. If it's unplugged for the weekend though, all bets are off come Monday morning. Joe -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
