We use a mix. Everybody gets a static per say. But we assign those IP via PPPoE. Some areas we do DHCP but it will not hand out a DHCP addresses until we add the Mac address of that device into the DHCP server. This was kind of neat, but can be a pain walking certain customers to providing a mac address.
Cameron Midcoast Internet -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck McCown - 2 Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:40 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] Question concerning IP Schema If you have ever renumbered your entire network due to changing upstream providers or running out of IP, you will wish you had used DHCP everywhere. ----- Original Message ----- From: Travis Johnson To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; WISPA General List Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 9:37 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Question concerning IP Schema And to take it one step further, I've never understood using DHCP for customers. It makes it 10x easier for a rogue client to get on your network if you run DHCP instead of just static. You don't have to maintain any logs, or worry about your DHCP server having problems, etc. It seems one step easier than DHCP. Travis Microserv David E. Smith wrote: PPPoE Y'know, I've never understood why many ISPs are so fond of PPPOE. The only benefits anyone has ever articulated to me are an alleged improvement in ease of tracking customer-IP associations, and your DHCP server and tower logs should take care of that for you just as easily. In the meantime, you risk annoying your customers, because they have to take special steps to set up a new computer or router, whereas with a DHCP server things will "just work" 90% of the time. Not meaning to troll, I'm genuinely curious. David Smith MVN.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
