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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