[THIN] Re: OT: do hp jetdirects do dhcp conflict detection?

  • From: Greg Reese <gareese@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:12:00 -0500

I use DHCP for everything.  printers, servers, access points, the works.

But, I do it with reservations. We have shifting dns and wins servers,
networks are often getting re-addressed, or we ship things around the WAN.
DHCP reservations make it much more predictable and manageable.

Greg

On Fri, Oct 23, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Nick Smith <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  To be honest, you should assign static IPs to your printers/servers.
> Anything else is a recipe for trouble of one sort or another.
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> *From:* thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On
> Behalf Of *Steve Snyder
> *Sent:* 23 October 2009 12:25
> *To:* thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [THIN] OT: do hp jetdirects do dhcp conflict detection?
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> windows clients upon receiving an dhcpoffer send out an arp to verify that
> the address is not in use and sends back a dhcpdecline if it is in use. Do
> hp jetdirects do this as well? Also wondering about whatever network
> component dell printers use too. Yes, we've had a couple of conflicts so
> wondering if I should enable the address conflict detection on the dhcp
> server or leave it alone.
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