On Fri, Sep 20, 2002 at 16:16:53 +0200, martin f krafft wrote:
> also sprach mdevin <mdevin@ozemail.com.au> [2002.09.18.0143 +0200]:
> > I just thought that there was a way to refuse to take a certain
> > IPaddress and thereby force the server to issue a new one. However, I
> > could only see how to reject all responses from a certain server and not
> > individual IPaddresses.
>
> Problem is that the DHCP server will always first try to issue the IP
> you last had. One way around this is to set up a script that can be
> called when your IP changes to do the following:
>
> while (not_the_ip_i_want) {
> issue_DHCP_RELEASE();
> randomly_change_my_mac_address();
> issue_DHCP_REQUEST();
> }
>
> This might well take a while and could make your provider hate you.
>
Hmmm, that is interesting. But how do I change my mac address? My
ethernet card has this hard coded in its chip by the manufacturer. I
can't see how you can override that. If you did, then the ARP system
would break, right?
Cheers.
Mark.
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