Maybe I just don't understand DHCP as much as I should, but if my
organization already has a DHCP server (that will provide me an
incorrect IP address of 10.x.x.x), and I set up my own DHCP server, then
won't that cause race conditions with the install client? At least,
I've run into this problem before setting up a bootp server.
Michael
The IP address ranges 10.0.0.0/8 172.16.0.0/16 and 192.168.0.0/16 are set
aside for private networks not directly visible from the internet,
169.254.0.0/16 is a reserved block for link local addresses, and 224.0.0.1
is a special address which means all interfaces connected to the network,
and may be used by a router as it attempts to identify possible connections.
See RFC 3330 - Special-Use IPv4 Addresses, and The Linux Documentation
Project Network Administrators Guide.
IPCop can accept any IP address allocated by a DHCP server, and its own
DHCP server can be set to allocate an address within a different block. I
would suggest choosing addresses within a totally diferent range so as to be
sure that there is no other adjacent local network using that range.
DHCP addresses are allocated for a pre-set period, and are renewed or
re-allocated after the time-out.
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