Re: dhclient & switching networks
Nic Ferrier wrote:
> Derek Broughton <news@pointerstop.ca> writes:
>
>> The thing is, I can prevent dhclient from even seeing 192.168.1.1 - but
>> then
>> it won't work at home. I could change the router address at home, so it
>> wouldn't conflict, but I'd still run the risk of coming across another
>> rogue dhcp server on another address. In any case, for a first order of
>> business, I think I'll put the current lease in my dhclient.conf file and
>> see if it helps.
>
> What you could do is run dhcp-relay on your laptop and configure from
> the laptop. You'd have to tell the relay where you were of course...
>
> But you're right, it's really a question of getting your sysadmins to
> turn the 192 dhcp server off (or at least give you a static mapping on
> the 142 dhcp server).
Oooh.. You would have to point that out. Somewhere about 3 months after I
got _this_ laptop, it occurred to me that I was really supposed to report
the MAC to the network centre, so that they could do that. Of course, I
never got around to it. Now, I know they'll appreciate knowing about the
unofficial DHCP server, but they'll still slap my wrists for not telling
them about the new MAC address :-(
--
derek
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