Re: IP address depending on the MAC
On 2011-10-06, Ireneusz Szcześniak <irek.szczesniak@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06.10.2011 00:08, Liam O'Toole wrote:
>> Yet another option is to configure clients to send their hostname in the
>> DHCP request. The hostnames will register with dnsmasq's DNS resolver,
>> so you can connect to the clients by hostname rather than IP address.
>> That is my preferred configuration.
>
> Yes, but that doesn't resolve the problem with dhclient falling back
> to a random address when it doesn't receive a lease in time.
To echo what Raf has said, remove whatever is responsible for "falling
back to a random address". It has no place in a professional network
environment.
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Liam O'Toole
Cork, Ireland
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