On Sun, 2007-10-14 at 23:28 +0200, 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? > > The whole point of DHCP is that the end user doesn't have to do any configuration. The other point of course is to not use up the precious number of IP addresses available to a network. The DHCP server sets a lease period upon every IP address that is delegated out. In the case of the large college with many students logging in with a limited set of IP addresses available, there is probably a shorter lease period.
Depending on the lease period (most set it for 3 days) your brother may need to keep his computer connected with shorter disconnected periods in between. The other thing he may want to consider is to use a service like DynDNS. (www.dyndns.org) They maintain a server that communicates with a dyndns client installed on your machine (or small router) and collects that "current" IP address, whatever it may be. Then it links it to your host name address that you have set up. (You'll need to buy your own domain name.) It's a pretty cheap solution and works in many cases, but not all. Worth a try in any case. Then your brother won't be beholden to a static IP address. > -- > Regards, > > Aniruddha > > Please adhere to the OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette > http://en.opensuse.org/OpenSUSE_mailing_list_netiquette > > -- ---Bryen--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
