Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client q: both static and dhcp

2021-06-27 Thread Geert Stappers via Dnsmasq-discuss
On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 10:48:56AM -0500, Andrew Miskell via Dnsmasq-discuss wrote: > On Jun 27, 2021, at 09:30, Carl Karsten wrote: > > On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 7:56 AM john doe wrote: > >> On 6/27/2021 9:17 AM, Carl Karsten wrote: > >> > On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 2:10 AM john doe wrote: > >> >>

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client q: both static and dhcp

2021-06-27 Thread Andrew Miskell via Dnsmasq-discuss
> On Jun 27, 2021, at 09:30, Carl Karsten wrote: > >  > > >> On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 7:56 AM john doe wrote: >> On 6/27/2021 9:17 AM, Carl Karsten wrote: >> > On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 2:10 AM john doe wrote: >> > >> >> On 6/27/2021 7:03 AM, Dominik wrote: >> >>> Hey Carl, >> >>> >> >>> On

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client q: both static and dhcp

2021-06-27 Thread john doe
On 6/27/2021 3:53 PM, Carl Karsten wrote: On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 7:56 AM john doe wrote: On 6/27/2021 9:17 AM, Carl Karsten wrote: On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 2:10 AM john doe wrote: On 6/27/2021 7:03 AM, Dominik wrote: Hey Carl, On Sat, 2021-06-26 at 19:16 -0500, Carl Karsten wrote: I'm

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client q: both static and dhcp

2021-06-27 Thread Geert Stappers via Dnsmasq-discuss
On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 02:17:20AM -0500, Carl Karsten wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 2:10 AM john doe wrote: > > On 6/27/2021 7:03 AM, Dominik wrote: > > > On Sat, 2021-06-26 at 19:16 -0500, Carl Karsten wrote: > > >> I'm looking for advice on haveing some boxes to have both dynamic and > > >>

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client q: both static and dhcp

2021-06-27 Thread Geert Stappers via Dnsmasq-discuss
> These machines are portable. [0] On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 01:26:24AM -0500, Carl Karsten wrote: > On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 12:03 AM Dominik wrote: > > > Hey Carl, > > > > On Sat, 2021-06-26 at 19:16 -0500, Carl Karsten wrote: > > > I'm looking for advice on haveing some boxes to have both

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client q: both static and dhcp

2021-06-27 Thread Carl Karsten
On Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 2:10 AM john doe wrote: > On 6/27/2021 7:03 AM, Dominik wrote: > > Hey Carl, > > > > On Sat, 2021-06-26 at 19:16 -0500, Carl Karsten wrote: > >> I'm looking for advice on haveing some boxes to have both dynamic and > >> static IPs. > > > > Why use a static IP at all? We

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client q: both static and dhcp

2021-06-27 Thread john doe
On 6/27/2021 7:03 AM, Dominik wrote: Hey Carl, On Sat, 2021-06-26 at 19:16 -0500, Carl Karsten wrote: I'm looking for advice on haveing some boxes to have both dynamic and static IPs. Why use a static IP at all? We have often enough seen people use static addresses for the wrong reasons.

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client q: both static and dhcp

2021-06-27 Thread Carl Karsten
These machines are portable. they will likely start out on a lan where I control the dhcp server; the os apps and config are setup, then they are moved to another room. They live there for a few days to a week, and then are put back in storage, with a few being left out for R to experiment

Re: [Dnsmasq-discuss] client q: both static and dhcp

2021-06-26 Thread Dominik
Hey Carl, On Sat, 2021-06-26 at 19:16 -0500, Carl Karsten wrote: > I'm looking for advice on haveing some boxes to have both dynamic and > static IPs.  Why use a static IP at all? We have often enough seen people use static addresses for the wrong reasons. Consider using only DHCP and (a) use

[Dnsmasq-discuss] client q: both static and dhcp

2021-06-26 Thread Carl Karsten
This is a bit OT, if there is a better place let me know. I'm looking for advice on haveing some boxes to have both dynamic and static IPs. There is a risk that my static choice collides with an IP on a random lan I jack into, which I can deal with manually. Might even make a MOTD message