[mdlug] DHCP question

[Jay Nugent]

Greetings,

On Tue, 7 Aug 2007, Robert Adkins wrote:

> 	Go ahead and assign the print server a static IP Address.
> 
> 	The way DHCP works is that the DHCP server does a few things when it
> receives a request.
> 
> 	First, it checks available addresses by looking at the leased
> address list.
> 
> 	Then, it decides upon an IP Address it wants to assign.
> 
> 	After determining the address is wants to assign it sends out a
> quick broadcast, basically saying, "Hey! I want to hand out Address X to
> So-and-So, does anyone object?"
> 
> 	If something on the network has that address, statically assigned or
> otherwise a response comes back, "Uh... Dude! I am totally using that
> address, don't go an bogart my address by giving it to someone else! I am
> not in the mood for a fight!"
> 
> 	Then the DHCP server goes back to figuring out which address it can
> hand out and does another broadcast.
> 
> 	Basically, you won't have anything to worry about by putting one
> machine as a static address. Another thing you could do is set the range of
> DHCP available addresses to a certain number, say 5 to 10 different
> adddresses and then place the Print server in an address outside of that
> range. (Make sure you use the same subnet though...)


   Just assign ANY address that is outside your DHCP address "pool".  If
the pool is 192.168.1.10 thru 192.168.1.100, then assign the printer .101

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