On Du, 05 iun 11, 10:09:33, Ron Johnson wrote: > On 06/05/2011 07:59 AM, Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >On Sb, 04 iun 11, 22:56:19, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> > >>(I'd suggest that you give static IP addresses to your desktop > >>machines and use the /etc/hosts file -- yes, even Windows has one -- > >>to give your machines permanent symbolic names. Makes things easier > >>that way.) > > > >If you're lucky the wireless router supports this (out-of-the box or > >with an upgrade to DD-WRT) ;) > > > > Are most wireless routers that limited? I was addressing the "to give your machines permanent symbolic names" part ;) > I'm still using the stock firmware on a WRT54GL and it allows me to > set the DHCP IP address assignment range. It was, I think, from 1 - > 100 but I changed it to 100 - 150. Yes, this feature is quite common in my experience (though I lost the ability to assign specific IPs per MAC on a firmware upgrade of my VDSL modem). Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
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