[isalist] Re: OT: DHCP and static addresses

  • From: "Thomas W Shinder" <tshinder@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 08:40:51 -0600

I tend to avoid DHCP reservations for the same reason that Jim notes.
They suffer from the same kind of network amnesia that hosts and lmhosts
files have.
 
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        From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Harrison
        Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:09 AM
        To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [isalist] Re: OT: DHCP and static addresses
        
        

        I prefer static for servers & devices (print servers, etc.);
DHCP for all else..

        If you ever replace a server NIC and you forget to change the
MAC in the DHCP reservation, your server could be unavailable until you
either re-register the IP or fix the reservation.

        It's just a question of "how solid is your process control?"

         

        Jim

         

         

        From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amy Babinchak
        Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 5:49 AM
        To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [isalist] Re: OT: DHCP and static addresses

         

        I always use the DHCP method. I don't know that there is a
better. I think it's simply a choice.

         

        From: isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:isalist-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nathan
        Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:34 AM
        To: isalist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
        Subject: [isalist] OT: DHCP and static addresses

         

        To you network guys out there...

         

        When you give a device a static address, be it a server, switch,
printer etc., do you think it is better to hardcode the address into the
device or allocate the address using DHCP and the MAC address.

         

        Thanks

         

        Nathan

        
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