On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Edward Dekkers wrote: > > You could accomplish the same thing using static IP addresses and hosts > > files. It would take less time to setup and there are less moving parts to > > break. Just put every machine you own or that may connecto to your > networin > > in the hosts file and copy it to all your machines. > > I disagree with 'accomplish the same thing'. SO not true in this case. > > For starters, I run a small computer retail business. All our outgoing PCs > have a network card. They are pre-loaded with XP. The pre-loading requires > network connection (well, not 'requires' but to set it up without one is a > nightmare). They prefer to use DHCP. Besides, with the amount of machines > coming and going in this case STATIC IPs would be a nighmare in my case. > When they come in for repair etc, we use the same connection to load > drivers/apps etc. Trust me, copying hosts files and setting the IP every > time on the client machine and name to match the host files is a crappy > option. Please be careful what you write - not everybody is in a blissful > situation like you. The incoming or outgoing PCs here grab an IP address, > automatically set their internet gateway (we activate the PCs before going > out), and patched via update before they go out. All simple, easy and > automatic.
This is a very different situation, certainly ... for this case you really do need DHCP. Still, you probably don't want the machine that you're plugging into your network to reconfigure the network around it, surely? There are weird issues like Windows apparently accepting spaces in hostnames in some versions :o) The previous replies were based on the assumption that someone was asking for dynamic updates so they could access machines as servers rather than just as clients, in which case you really want static IP addresses, even if you server them up via DHCP (which is doable, and in the right circumstances gives you the best of both worlds). _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
