Re: time question, as in ntp?

[gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net>]

On 11/29/23 21:40, Charles Curley wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:53:19 -0500
> gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> wrote:
>
> > > A changing network is exactly what dhcp is for.  With it you will
> > > not need to do anything when you add a machine.
> >
> > Does it always lock the address to that MAC? ISTR a time long ago
> > when it didn't.
>
> Normally DHCP does not lock a given IP address to a given MAC address.
> However, you can do so on a per machine basis with the fixed-address
> option. E.g:
>
> host hawk                       # new (2016) desktop
> {
>     option host-name "hawk";
>     hardware ethernet 30:5a:3a:81:83:79;
>     fixed-address 192.168.100.6;
>     option domain-name-servers 192.168.100.30, 127.0.0.1; # chaffee, localhost
>     ddns-hostname hawk;
> }
In what file do I place similar info to this for eth0?

Thank you Charles.  Stay warm and well

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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