[NTLUG:Discuss] Re: DHCP

[hdasilva@usa.net]

I think that this is a fair and true statement.

Terry wrote:
> Is this an accurate statement (pertaining to a Linux DHCP server
> presiding over [mostly] MS PCs)?
>  
> "Having a system with a static IP assignment that is inside the range
> of IPaddress' used by a DHC P server is not acceptable.  Reason being:
>  If a new computer comes on-line, it may be issued that particular
> IPaddress, and if so, there will be a problem.  This may never happen
> on a small network. If there are only a handful of computers on the
> network (half a dozen or so), you may never run into this sort of
> problem.  BUT, if and when the network grows and gets to be fifty or a
>  hundred strong, sooner or later, this problem will rear it's ugly
> head.  A computer will come on-line and be issued an IP address that
> has been set as a static address to another computer, .. . and then,
> later on, that other computer with the static IP address will come
> on-line, and at that point they will both compete for access that only
> one can have. During the competition neither of them will get any
> access and only when one gives up will the other gain any bandwidth or
> access to any outside networks. Fixed IPs should _only_ be assigned to
> IP address that are outside the range used by the DHCP server."
>