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  From: Martin Sandiford <ms@mcdev.com.au>
  To  : <mselge@hansenyuncken.com.au>
  Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 12:48:02 +0930

Re: DHCPD events - Linux or Win Problem ??

You should be able to force the DHCP server to assign a specific IP
address based on the hardware address of the NIC.  Have a look for
"hardware ethernet" and "fixed-address" in the dhcpd.conf man pages.

Martin

On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, mselge@hansenyuncken.com.au wrote:
> Can anyone shed light on the following problem
> 
> Setup is as follows
> DHCP Server : Smoothwall ( Linux ) with scope 10.0.0.10 - 10.0.0.30
> Client PC : Win2K
> 
> I've got Port forwarding set up on Smoothwall box to go to 10.0.0.10
> which is the address that the Win2K PC usually gets. Problem is I had
> my PC round at a friends house on weekend. His DHCP server has range
> 10.0.0.20 - 10.0.0.40 so my Win2K PC grabbed .20 and is now stuck with
> it.
> 
> Now DHCP is supposed to give out the same address if it free but how
> do I override it. Is it the Win2K box that is requesting the same
> address ( even if it is released ) or is it the Linux Box giving that
> address because that's what it had before.
> 
> My work around was to change my scope to 10.0.0.10 - 10.0.0.11 and
> then release/renew my Win2K box but there must be a better way.
> 
> Michael
> 

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