On Thursday, 24.03.2005 at 10:12 -0400, Tom Weller at Ambassador Computers wrote: > How do I direct my laptop to a particular static IP address for > obtaining DHCP leases? I set up the laptop at home, which has a direct > ISP connection (cable modem), but when I bring the laptop to the > office I need to get an IP address from a router, not directly from > the ISP provider. Is the cable modem interface a different physical interface from what you use "at the office"? Or are they both accessed from your laptop's ethernet connection? "How do I direct my laptop to a particular static IP address for obtaining DHCP leases?" is a very strange question. The whole point of DHCP is that it doesn't try to connect to a particular IP address (until you're assigned an IP, you can't do that anyway). A DHCP client request involves sending a network broadcast to the local network segment and something will respond (hopefully) and offer you a lease. If setting each interface you use to be "get address via DHCP" doesn't work, then something is wrong with the DHCP *server*. Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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