Using DHCP to manage your fixed IP addresses is so much better, in multiple ways.
For one, it provides a central place to manage/track systems and their addresses across the entire network. No warrying about getting hosts files out of sync. But even better, things "just work". I have a laptop for work. When I'm plugged in at home I have a fixed address (also reflected in my nameserver config). But I can unplug it and take it to Starbucks, or anywhere else, and it will connect to and talk on their network without having to make ANY changes. Ditto if I want to take a desktop system somewhere for troubleshooting. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
