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Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2021 16:32:55 +0100
From: Radek
To: Allan Streib
Subject: Re: How to request a specific IP address from DHCP server
> Can you configure a permanent IP address in the client configuration
> (hostname.if file) that is outside the
> Instead of requesting a specific address, have you tried to supersede
> the given one with your address in /etc/dhclient.conf?
Yes, I have tried, but it doesn't work as expected.
$ cat /etc/dhclient.conf
supersede dhcp-requested-address 192.168.1.104;
$ dhclient -v vr0
vr0: DHCPREQUEST to
On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 08:56:39PM +0100, Radek wrote:
> I can't manage to request a specific IP address from DHCP server.
[...]
Instead of requesting a specific address, have you tried to supersede
the given one with your address in /etc/dhclient.conf?
man dhclient.conf
Marco.
Radek writes:
> I don't have an access to the DHCP server side. That's the problem and
> I'm trying to find a way to have the same IP address at any time. The
> client is permanently connected to the network.
Can you configure a permanent IP address in the client configuration
(hostname.if
> You're using the wrong tool for the job, use an address reservation
> bound to the client MAC on the DHCP server instead.
I don't have an access to the DHCP server side. That's the problem and I'm
trying to find a way to have the same IP address at any time. The client is
permanently connected
On Tue, 19 Jan 2021 at 20:57, Radek wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I can't manage to request a specific IP address from DHCP server. It is just
> a testing lab, the requiested IP address (.104) isn't used by any other
> client. What I'm doing wrong?
You're using the wrong tool for the job, use an address
Hi,
I can't manage to request a specific IP address from DHCP server. It is just a
testing lab, the requiested IP address (.104) isn't used by any other client.
What I'm doing wrong?
$ cat /etc/hostname.vr0
-inet
dhcp
$ cat /etc/dhclient.conf
send dhcp-requested-address 192.168.1.104;
$ sh
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