[H-GEN] Static IP address

[Bruce Campbell]

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On Thu, 31 Oct 2002, Douglas C wrote without neatly trimming the reply:

> Paul Clarke wrote:
>
> >All my servers have a static IP, My new (first) Debian box has been
> >setup with a dynamic IP. How do I change it?
>
> NB. A DHCP Server can assign static IPs also which makes updating
> everything simple and central.

This is actually a pretty nifty thing to do when you are running
conferences.  A problematic mac address can be given an IP from a pool of
'bad' IP addresses, and you then do not have to update your border filters
to stop their traffic from going out.

--==--
Bruce.


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