Anders Johansson wrote: > On Sunday 14 October 2007 23:48:10 James Knott wrote: > >> 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. >> > > I'm not sure what you mean by "separate from", but don't confuse dynamic host > configuration with randomly changing IP addresses > > A dhcp server is just a convenient way of storing host configuration in a > central place and retrieving it on boot. You can set anything up through it, > including a static IP address > > Anders > > A static address, where the computer is manually configured with an address does not require a dhcp server. This is different from when the dhcp server is configured to reserve a specific IP for a given MAC address. In this situation, a computer will always have the same IP, even though dhcp is used.
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