Michael S. Dunsavage wrote:
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Aniruddha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 5:29 PM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: [opensuse] Can I lock a DHCP ip adress?
>>
>> 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?
>>
>>
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> It is possible, however not your end. What you are referring to is a called
> a static IP. I assume you would have to talk to the Administrator of the
> network at the college. You would most likely have to give reasons why you
> would need this. I doubt the admin will give in.
>
>
>
Static IP's are entirely separate from a dhcp server. A dhcp server can
be configured to reserve a specific IP address for a given MAC address.
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