RE: Hiding a Linux computer
> On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 12:01:59PM +0200, Rainer Clasen wrote:
[snip]
=> try putting a "send host-name" statement in your dhclient.conf (see man 5
=> dhclient.conf for details)
=>
=> > I'd like to not even use the dhcp server but I think that would mean
I'd
=> > have to setup the Linux machine to be a DNS server wouldn't it?
=>
=> No! Not using dhcp means guessing a free IP - or better getting a real
staic
=> one.
=>
=> > I don't
=> > know what that would do to the rest of the machines on our network, I
=> > can't be messing them up or else I'll be in hot water.
=>
=> You can mess at least one box on your net - if you use the same IP as it.
=>
=
=Well if your network works like ours....no problem :)
=
=Someone takes an IP.... no problem
=DHCP server gives out that IP...and the unsuspecting user gets an IP
=adress conflict.
=
=They call the helpdesk...helpdesk calls net eng... that adress is
=taken out of the DHCP pool and put on the exclude list.
=
=-Steve
...Or it works like the helpdesk I work on: Someone grabs an IP address,
DHCP gives out that address, user gets an IP conflict. User calls us, we
call net eng, who bounces the static address and leases it to the DHCP user.
Static user calls us, we ask them why they're screwing up the network. They
complain, we offer to remove the computer from their desk and give it to
someone who has a little less free time on their hands :-)...
(Being on the Win95/MSOffice support team can really give you a crappy
outlook on life...)
Tom
(Another person in a shop that keeps saying, "We can't use Linux - there's
no company to hold responsible if there's problems".)
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